(September 3, 2022 at 9:27 pm)smithd Wrote:(September 3, 2022 at 7:54 pm)Astreja Wrote: There's a natural bias in the illusion of fine-tuning - only in a universe where the physical constants are within certain parameters, in a region of the universe where conditions are stable enough to permit evolution to the level of sentience, will such an observation occur.
Even if the universe was created by a god, though, it's a long, long slog to try to connect the dots to the god of Christianity. Its behaviours in the Old Testament don't engender much confidence as to its competence to fine-tune anything, and its temperament doesn't suggest enough emotional stability to stick with it over the long haul. Sorry.
Thanks for your reply. Fair enough that it doesn't connect to the Christian God. I just wanted to establish that fine tuning points to a designer of some sort. Your argument is that fine tuning is an illusion? There is a real case to be made that there is fine tuning though. If the physical parameters were different we may not even have atoms, let alone life. Why is the universe like that?
Fine tuning would point to a designer if it could be established that fine tuning exists. It can’t be, so it doesn’t.
Acting surprised at the existence of life in a universe that has the conditions for life is rather like walking into a clothing shop and being stunned at all the coats and trousers.
Boru
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