RE: Explaining the fact that we exist
November 5, 2016 at 12:58 pm
(This post was last modified: November 5, 2016 at 1:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
There's no need of reference to multiple universes. As you mentioned, we already have one which supports life. That;s not some sort of statistical implausibility, it's unity, a certainty, it exists, we exist.
The trouble with the argument presented is that it sets about, initially, with a misrepresentation. It;s actually -not- true that the universe could be no other way and still support life. We don't know, for example..the exact value of the cosmological constant...we do know that it -could- be tilted negative from where ever it is as a variable and still result in a universe amenable to life...in fact, a little more to the negative and the universe would be ever so slightly -more- amenable to life..due to their being more available matter. All of his is unimaginative, at best, since we're only discussing -our- form of life...but hey, run with it.
If the universe was "fine tuned" as some believers take that to mean, one wonders why the tuner failed to give it the last turn of the wrench. Is it an idiot or a half assed mechanic? Both?
Now, I know, I know, the objection to any moving of the scale with that constant will be "but the range is so narrow!". Which is actually the same claim made for he older, similarly discredited fine tuning argument..that the band of habitable space around our sun is so narrow, for example. OFC, it's narrow only on the scale of the cosmos.the "narrow range" for that is counted in astronomical units....which are he opposite of "narrow" by anyone's counting...and so too is the possible range of both value and effect of the cosmological constant. No matter what value or range of values you give it..you can just keep adding decimal points behind it and "tuning" it to the very last numeral. Let;s say, and not that this is representative, it;s just to have fun with math..that the value is between 1 and 1.o1. Looks tight, but it's not. Put 100 0's behind the .01.
The trouble with the argument presented is that it sets about, initially, with a misrepresentation. It;s actually -not- true that the universe could be no other way and still support life. We don't know, for example..the exact value of the cosmological constant...we do know that it -could- be tilted negative from where ever it is as a variable and still result in a universe amenable to life...in fact, a little more to the negative and the universe would be ever so slightly -more- amenable to life..due to their being more available matter. All of his is unimaginative, at best, since we're only discussing -our- form of life...but hey, run with it.
If the universe was "fine tuned" as some believers take that to mean, one wonders why the tuner failed to give it the last turn of the wrench. Is it an idiot or a half assed mechanic? Both?
Now, I know, I know, the objection to any moving of the scale with that constant will be "but the range is so narrow!". Which is actually the same claim made for he older, similarly discredited fine tuning argument..that the band of habitable space around our sun is so narrow, for example. OFC, it's narrow only on the scale of the cosmos.the "narrow range" for that is counted in astronomical units....which are he opposite of "narrow" by anyone's counting...and so too is the possible range of both value and effect of the cosmological constant. No matter what value or range of values you give it..you can just keep adding decimal points behind it and "tuning" it to the very last numeral. Let;s say, and not that this is representative, it;s just to have fun with math..that the value is between 1 and 1.o1. Looks tight, but it's not. Put 100 0's behind the .01.
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