Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc?

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Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc?

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RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc?

July 26, 2013 at 12:25 pm

(July 26, 2013 at 11:49 am)Chuck Wrote: You may argue easily that multiverse hypothesis isn't very good, but the basis should be its lack of practical falsifiability, not its lack of economy. It is, at our current state of knowledge, as economical as any other for explaining what we see.

This is particularly true if other universes are net energy states of zero as ours appears to be.

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Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - July 25, 2013 at 6:47 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Anomalocaris - July 25, 2013 at 6:52 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by MindForgedManacle - July 25, 2013 at 10:43 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - July 26, 2013 at 1:00 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by MindForgedManacle - July 26, 2013 at 9:02 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 9:21 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by MindForgedManacle - July 26, 2013 at 9:55 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Anomalocaris - July 26, 2013 at 10:15 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by genkaus - July 26, 2013 at 11:45 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Neo-Scholastic - July 30, 2013 at 11:57 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by genkaus - July 31, 2013 at 1:50 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Anomalocaris - July 26, 2013 at 9:48 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by MindForgedManacle - July 26, 2013 at 10:22 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by max-greece - July 26, 2013 at 9:48 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Mister Agenda - July 26, 2013 at 2:48 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Faith No More - July 26, 2013 at 4:04 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by MindForgedManacle - July 26, 2013 at 5:53 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Mister Agenda - July 29, 2013 at 3:53 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Ryantology - July 31, 2013 at 1:32 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Neo-Scholastic - July 26, 2013 at 1:09 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - July 26, 2013 at 1:17 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Minimalist - July 26, 2013 at 1:15 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by max-greece - July 26, 2013 at 1:46 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by little_monkey - July 26, 2013 at 9:43 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Chas - July 26, 2013 at 10:04 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - July 26, 2013 at 10:42 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Anomalocaris - July 26, 2013 at 10:52 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by MindForgedManacle - July 26, 2013 at 11:00 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Anomalocaris - July 26, 2013 at 11:27 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Anomalocaris - July 26, 2013 at 11:49 am

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by max-greece - July 26, 2013 at 12:25 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by downbeatplumb - July 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm

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RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by MindForgedManacle - July 26, 2013 at 11:04 pm

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RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by MindForgedManacle - July 31, 2013 at 5:00 pm

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RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by max-greece - July 31, 2013 at 3:51 am

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RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by little_monkey - August 4, 2013 at 2:04 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by genkaus - August 4, 2013 at 6:12 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by Anomalocaris - August 4, 2013 at 7:12 pm

RE: Isn't the fine tuning argument ad hoc? - by little_monkey - August 6, 2013 at 9:40 am

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