Comment on Many physicists assume we must live in a multiverse – but their basic maths may be wrong
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 year ago
So because we exist, that means the universe is fine-tuned for life or there's just so many of them that we ended up in a one that's randomly good.
Maybe something else is happening, which is that life... finds a way. Maybe there are far more possible combinations of constants that allow the existence of life than we think because our definition of "life" is so narrow.
At any rate, the concept of our universe having a purpose, and that purpose being life, isn't supported by the fact that almost all of our universe is extremely hostile to life. If "someone" - not god but maybe god - designed a universe where life was supposed to thrive, why put so goddamn much of it out of reach, and fill all of that with radiation and hard vacuum?
In other words: If this is a universe tuned for life, it's not a very good one.
Serioudly… Such a stupid concept to try and bring back to the maths. It is a purely philosophical question they’re trying to answer. The math doesn’t care why and even judt planet Earth isn’t terribly hospitable.
This kind of crap just screams main character syndrome. Someone who wants to think about the Fermi Paradox whilst still feeling special.
FlowVoid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re assuming that it was only tuned for human life and/or that life is meant to leave its home planet.
A gardener designs a garden so that each plant has a place and doesn’t let any plant take over the whole garden. If “someone” designed this place, it is entirely possible that we are stuck in a corner for a reason.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's not just our home planet. Because the universe is expanding we won't ever get further than our local group before it's receding faster than the speed of light. Almost all of the universe will never be
If I thought the universe was made "for" anything it would probably be black holes.
FlowVoid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The point is that you are assuming “inaccessibility” is incompatible with a universe “made for life”. But it’s entirely possible that inaccessibility is a feature, not a bug.
At the risk of anthopomorphizing, every nonhuman life I’m responsible for is given very little access to move elsewhere.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 year ago
Then why make so much space if it's just going to sit there empty? Seems like quite a waste of effort