(May 18, 2017 at 3:55 pm)SteveII Wrote: Fine tuning is a fact because it is true that the physical constants must be in a narrow range for a variety of things ranging from the universe holding together, not collapse on itself or burn out too quickly all the way to forming the necessary heavy elements needed for more complex things (like life). Even if I granted you that the universe had to have these values because of some prior condition, that simply pushes the fine tuning back one level: why is the thing that produces only finely tuned universes finely tuned to do so?
No, it's not a fact. But I'm sure you'll just keep repeating that it is.
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