(April 16, 2016 at 2:54 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:But did you catch what Weinberg was saying about the multiverse? which is even if there was evidence that it existed, that at least 10^56 universes would have to populate it in order to expect an universe like ours. *
In his book, he discusses the anthropic principle (aka the "fine tuning" argument, that the universe was made for us), before dismantling it with the latest discoveries in physics (mainly the multiverse concept, explaining why it is more likely the case).
An appeal to the multiverse is where nontheists have gone in their attempt to escape God but it’s just a metaphysical speculation that would requires trillions of universes to duplicate the delicate fine-tuning this one required for advanced life just in the first nanosecond.
* around the 10 min mark
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.