(April 8, 2025 at 8:35 pm)Paleophyte Wrote:(April 8, 2025 at 10:37 am)Drew_2013 Wrote: I've had plenty claim erroneously that multiverse theory has nothing to do with the fine-tuning of the universe.
It isn't erroneous. They're two entirely different hypotheses. One is one possible explanation for the other but neither one affects the other. The multiverse hypothesis could be entirely disproven without ever affecting fine-tuning and vice versa.
Hypothesis such as multiverse or cosmic inflation are thought of as an explanation for an observed phenomenon. Of course even if the hypothesis is disproven, the observation that led to the hypothesis is still persists...why wouldn't it? I do agree that multiverse is a 'just so' time and chance naturalism in the gaps argument.