Anthropic Principle – Uncommon Descent

Fine tuning Intelligent Design Multiverse

Sabine Hossenfelder on why the Anthropic Principle is controversial

It’s controversial because it is sometimes used to support the idea of a multiverse. Otherwise, it should be common sense to assume that a venue in which we exist must feature conditions that allow for that. But the multiverse does not need logic, evidence, or science.

Fine tuning Intelligent Design Naturalism

Uses and misuses of the Anthropic Principle

Theories multiply because the facts favor fine-tuning of the universe.

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