[Rudder]

The anthropic principle most explicitly does not say the universe was made to suit us. We just happen to be living at a time a place where it does.

I guess that settles that.

So, from now on, if asked why there's life on earth, my answer can be a truthful, "just because." While this could well be true, we really don't know if it is. More scientific research is needed.

But yet, those of the ID persuasion use the anthropic principle as strong evidence of there being an Intelligent Creator and, at the same time, argue that their postulates are scientifically-derived.

Back to the old saw for me: show me some data.

[gcruse]

” More scientific research is needed.”

The only way to test the theory is to find universes besides ours with different properties and see if there is life there. Good luck with that. I’d say there’s life in the universe because it there weren’t we wouldn’t be here to miss it.

[MacDorcha]

So, from now on, if asked why there’s life on earth, my answer can be a truthful, “just because.” While this could well be true, we really don’t know if it is. More scientific research is needed.

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No amount of science will ever even attempt to answer “why.”

Yet “why” we still ask. Perhaps science isn’t the way to truth? (Just a simple suggestion)