The point I've always made in debates about the so-called "fine-tuning" of the universe is that you can always look at it the other way. If the universe wasn't set to these values for life, we wouldn't be around to debate the values, because life wouldn't exist. I can agree that the universe is "fine-tuned" and life can exist, but it takes a massive leap to say "the universe is fine-tuned for life to exist".
Douglas Adams summed it up nicely:
Douglas Adams summed it up nicely:
Quote:Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.
