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To: GSlob

Again, your argument is circular. Of course, I don't deny that the universe is as it is. The question at issue is how it got this way.

Your analogy of the lottery only indicates that, let's say, out of 7 million entries, one person wins. Whether it's you or someone else, you can't get 7 million wins out of it.


138 posted on 12/28/2005 5:12:07 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Nor do I need 7 million, I need only one. It is anthropic argument - since I am around and see it - I have won. Other 6999999 are irrelevant and could [and should] fall through some cracks, so as not to spoil the view from my window. And the view from my window is predicated on my having won, with probability 1.000.


165 posted on 12/28/2005 5:46:48 PM PST by GSlob
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To: Cicero
Again, your argument is circular. Of course, I don't deny that the universe is as it is.

If I hit a golf ball, it will be found on top of a certain tuft of grass. Your argument is equivalent to asserting that I am a phenomenally excellent golfer because I hit that tuft of grass rather than any of the millions of others in the neighborhood.

904 posted on 12/30/2005 2:31:22 PM PST by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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