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To: TBP

>>Given the ridiculously long odds against the Universse working out as it has on its own, Occam's Razor woudl require us to postulate that it was set up this way by something.<<

But if the universe had "worked out" differently, you (or your counterpart in that hypothetical other universe) would probably still be pointing out how ridiculously unlikely THAT ARRANGEMENT would be.

This is known as the Anthropic Principle (I recommend that you google it).


7 posted on 11/28/2006 9:58:27 AM PST by alexander_busek
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To: alexander_busek

"But if the universe had "worked out" differently, you (or your counterpart in that hypothetical other universe) would probably still be pointing out how ridiculously unlikely THAT ARRANGEMENT would be.

This is known as the Anthropic Principle (I recommend that you google it)."


Well, if it's a hypothetical universe then can I hypothetically Google it? Or would that be unlikely too?

Speaking of which, in your hypothetical universe would it still be the Anthropic Principle, or do you think they'd get to have one of their own?


11 posted on 11/28/2006 9:18:17 PM PST by occu77
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