(December 5, 2015 at 3:57 pm)AAA Wrote:(December 5, 2015 at 3:49 pm)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: It looks like what we're going back and forth about here is the Fine Tuning argument, and here's the problem I have with that (maybe it's already been covered): what the fuck is the Universe actually fine tuned for? If it's supposed to be fine tuned for life, then whoever did it did a piss-poor job, considering the sheer volume and mass of the Universe versus how much life there is. The Universe is producing a pitifully small amount of life, so if that's its job, it's fucking up big time.
Looking at what's actually in the Universe, it looks a lot more like it's fine tuned to produce empty space with occasional blips of plasma, rock, and/or gas. Life barely clings to the scantest of perches, while most of the Universe would kill anything instantly. Instantly.
Hell, not even our planet is finely tuned for life, especially not human life. There's so much stuff here that can kill you, much of which is completely outside the spectrum of our senses (radiation and natural gas, for example).
It was covered a little bit. Just a thought, but maybe the majority of the universe is inhospitable to life to show us how rare and privileged our planet is. As for earth, it is extremely well suited for life. It has the appropriate magnetic field, the well sized and positioned moon, it has the proper atmospheric conditions, it is in the habitable zone, it is the right size, and we have the proper sun to support life, we have the gas giants to attract and absorb asteroids, and we have an abundance of water. These are just a few of the many parameters that need to be met for a planet to sustain life.
Parameters that can be eventually met in a universe like this.
