[MtnClimber]

Interesting article.

[plain talk]

this magic number, which tells us the strength of electromagnetism, is not the same everywhere as it is here on Earth, and seems to vary continuously along a preferred axis through the Universe,” said Webb.

[2nd Amendment]

Not a surprise to creationist Christians!

[txrefugee]

Fine planning, Heavenly Father. Thank you.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Let’s start a pool for this thread. How many posters will call the idea that life only exists on Earth “the height of arrogance.” I’ll take five.

[VanDeKoik]

Our position is almost TOO good.

-Right mass.
-Right orbital distance.
-Lots of the proper mineral and elements to nurture life.
-Correct sized moon in the correct orbit.
-We circle the perfect sized star, with no (known) companion.
-Our system has all planets in stable orbits.
-We have the right sized gas giant to keep comets and asteroids away from us.
-We are not in a tight open cluster.
-We inhabit a spiral arm that is the optimal distance from the center and edge of the galaxy.

[rfreedom4u]

“Just Right for Life”

Kind of like it was all planned out huh?

[RayChuang88]

That's assuming the carbon-based lifeforms we know. What if there are lifeforms based on silicon or phosphorus on other planets?

[baltimorepoet]

If conditions for life weren’t perfect around this part of the cosmos, we wouldn’t be around debating it, LOL.

[dfwgator]

Our solar system is in a unique area of the universe that's conducive to life, says John Webb and his colleagues at the University of New South Wales, who have carried out intensive study that threatens to turn the world of theoretical physics upside down.

Well, duh!

[ETL]

I’ve long suspected that at least some of the universal “constants” vary over time and perhaps distance.

Up until a few decades ago they believed the universe was expanding at a constant rate. Now they think it’s actually accelerating. And if that’s not strange enough, according to the Inflationary Big Bang model, the universe, in its earliest stage, expanded many times faster than light, then slowed down before speeding up again! Inflation theory needed to be added to the standard Big Bang theory because, on its own, the BBT doesn’t work. However, Inflation has even greater problems.

[Paulie]

Does Mr. Webb mean to imply there is a (GASP!)God?

Next thing you know he’ll even try to tell us the Bible is the Word of God.

I wonder how many American universities will ban his work from the classroom. The library may be off limits as well.

[miliantnutcase]

I subscribe to the theory we just exist in a higher being’s computer simulation. Like one big ant farm.

[SkyDancer]

And Earth being the insane asylum for the universe. No wonder we’re hanging out on the very edge of the galaxy.

[ETL]

Keep in mind, ONE light year, the DISTANCE light travels in a year at its speed of 186,000 miles per second, works out to about 5.9 TRILLION miles. That’s 5.9 thousand - times a billion - miles.

From wiki...

“The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way. The Local Group comprises more than 54 galaxies, most of them dwarf galaxies. Its gravitational center is located somewhere between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. The Local Group covers a diameter of 10 Mly [10 million light years] and has a binary (dumbbell)[1] distribution. The group itself is a part of the larger Virgo Supercluster, which in turn may be a part of the Laniakea Supercluster.

The three largest members of the group (in descending order) are the Andromeda galaxy, the Milky Way[2] and the Triangulum Galaxy. The larger two of these spiral galaxies each have their own system of satellite galaxies.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Group

[TexasRepublic]

I have looked through a microscope and a telescope and at many things in between. I have seen too much organization and structure to believe that the whole of creation is a random accident. The mathematical odds are against it. Ever hear of a “Combinatorial explosion”? Too many factors fell into place for everything in existence to be a random assemblage.

[afsnco]

More proof of the “Goldilocks” concept.

I know there’s a lot of conjecture about life elsewhere, but we only have scientific evidence for life here. Period. Carl Sagan’s theory notwithstanding. SETI has searched for ET for several decades now. If there were 1 million sentient species in our galaxy in varying stages of development, as he claimed, it defies the odds that we’ve not heard a peep.

And it’s about 80,000 years at our currently fastest speed to get to the nearest star. But at that fastest speed, a small rock in the path of whatever craft we’re in would be disastrous.

“Warp speed” and “force fields” are entertaining but still just science fiction.

[tang-soo]

Check this out. Awesome DVD available. If I remember correctly, this was a documentary with two men, with at least one of them at Iowa University or maybe Iowa State - Astronomy Department. He was not a Christian at the time, but once the evidence came in related to his studies, and he started making public statements about Biblical evidence, he was forced out of the school. Hope that is accurately stated, going from memory.

Privileged Planet.

[Neoliberalnot]

Yep, someone put the perfect Petri dish in place. In God we Trust.

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

The earth is flat. Water on its surface does not curve. EVER. This phenomenon is observable and repeatedly, accurately measurable.

The earth does not move. This phenomenon is observable with any standard gyroscope. Spin one up, place it in a fixed position, and observe it over the course of 24 hours. If the earth were spinning, the gyroscope would precess. The gyroscope will NEVER precess.

We do not live on a spinning, spherical earth. We live on a flat, still earth.