Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $36,419
44%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 44%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: anthropicprinciple

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Cosmic Conundrum [Brief essay on multiple universes and the Anthropic Principle]

    11/26/2004 1:33:59 AM PST · by snarks_when_bored · 16 replies · 997+ views
    Time ^ | Monday, November 22, 2004 | Michael D. Lemonick; J. Madeleine Nash
    Cosmic Conundrum The universe seems uncannily well suited to the existence of life. Could that really be an accident?[snip]
  • Mysterious Cosmos [the anthropic principle]

    08/07/2004 2:28:51 PM PDT · by PatrickHenry · 267 replies · 3,184+ views
    Nature Magazine ^ | 06 August 2004 | Philip Ball
    We are lucky to be alive. Extraordinarily lucky. So lucky, in fact, that some people can only see God's hand in our good fortune. Creationists are fond of pointing out that if you mess with the physical laws of the Universe just a little, we wouldn't be here. For example, if the neutron were just 1% heavier, or the proton 1% lighter, or the electron were to have 20% more electrical charge, then atoms could not exist. There would be no stars, and no life. But although creationists rejoice in the divine providence that has made the Universe exquisitely contrived...