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What characteristics would a designed universe exhibit that would allow one to distinguish it from an undesigned universe?

If you are serious, you might want to look at post 2187

Re: 2187: I did examine your post and your comments were limited to the genetic code. I agree that the appearance of algorithms in the code are an interesting phenomenon should they prove to be true, although your comments indicated that this is an area of on-going research.

Should the presence of non-naturally occurring algorithms be confirmed, the next question which will fill 3K-post threads will be "Who put them there?" But my reading indicated that we were far from reaching this stage just yet. Please alert us when a peer-reviewed report of these findings is published.

But to the topic at hand, there is no way for us to tell if the universe was designed or not. We are familiar only with objects created by Earth-bound critters, and our only method for detecting design is subjective and unreliable, being based as it is on personal experience and history rather than an objective measure of design.