Cosmologic philosophy: fine tuning is a puzzle (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, December 23, 2016, 18:23 (2673 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: I don’t think we need the multiverse hypothesis to pose the question of wastefulness. We don’t know whether our own universe is finite or infinite, but the colossal number of solar systems in existence, not to mention the colossal number that must have disappeared, poses the same problem.

Our universe might well be all here is and not infinite. The theories about multiverses put them all outside the CMB, and the hope of documenting them has to do with one or more of them bumping into the CMB and leaving a circle mark! I think the reference is somewhere on our site. That makes the concept like a sink full of contiguous soap bubbles.

David’s comment: a great article covering all the fine points of fine tuning. Worth reading. It is a strong argument for God, but not conclusive. Back to faith as a necessity.

dhw: It is indeed a great article. I have read it all now, and you have done a brilliant job editing it for us. Once again, many thanks. As for “faith as a necessity”, I take it you mean that the only way one can convince oneself that one has found a solution to the mystery is through faith, and that is as true of the atheist as it is of the theist.

And true for the agnostic who has faith in the proposition that nothing discovered as yet approaches absolute proof. He has no faith in the proposition of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.