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15. My reaction just from the headline is,

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Sun Feb 22, 2015, 10:08 PM

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Leonard Susskind - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life and Mind? [View all] Fumesucker Feb 2015 OP

More like edhopper Feb 2015 #1

Current theories seem to be moving toward multiple universes, perhaps an infinite number Fumesucker Feb 2015 #3

I didn't even get a chance to watch edhopper Feb 2015 #7

This is an arguement that I've never managed to wrap my head around. stone space Feb 2015 #2

If that were so then we wouldn't be here (if we actually are) Fumesucker Feb 2015 #4

We're lucky. stone space Feb 2015 #5

Does the universe have a purpose? stone space Feb 2015 #6

Arthur Clarke had a hypothesis on that which he developed into a short story... Fumesucker Feb 2015 #8

"They're made out of meat" stone space Feb 2015 #9

Don't have time to wade through more idiotic "fine-tuning" babble skepticscott Feb 2015 #10

Leonard Susskind is not clueless. stone space Feb 2015 #11

If he makes even the merest argument skepticscott Feb 2015 #12

Well, who is Leonard Susskind to disagree with... stone space Feb 2015 #13

I didn't invent the self-contradiction skepticscott Feb 2015 #14

My reaction just from the headline is, bvf Feb 2015 #15

OK, I feel like I have to do this. stone space Feb 2015 #16

You are building a straw man. BillZBubb Feb 2015 #51

That's a strawman. stone space Feb 2015 #54

Nope, you've got the strawman. Quit with the semantics. BillZBubb Feb 2015 #57

Not the first time a great scientist edhopper Feb 2015 #17

You'd think an alleged mathematician would skepticscott Feb 2015 #18

You might well think that, edhopper Feb 2015 #21

You think people would see the irony in defending someone on intellectual grounds Lordquinton Feb 2015 #23

But but! He said something offensive! Well, it wasn't really offensive but it was quoted AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #58

The anthropic principle. rogerashton Feb 2015 #19

Yes it's easy edhopper Feb 2015 #20

He doesn't seem to have started with a conclusion but this is where he's saying Leontius Feb 2015 #22

Who says that edhopper Feb 2015 #32

It is true rogerashton Feb 2015 #25

If you are only using mathematics to solve for something edhopper Feb 2015 #31

Douglas Adams put it so well. trotsky Feb 2015 #27

Yawn. Promethean Feb 2015 #24

Eh, I'm a fairly "hard" atheist and I found it interesting Fumesucker Feb 2015 #26

Me too cpwm17 Feb 2015 #29

I find it odd rogerashton Feb 2015 #30

The more we learn about our Universe cpwm17 Feb 2015 #33

Both are in the same logical frame. rogerashton Feb 2015 #34

Specific claims concerning the multiverse are speculative and beyond our current science cpwm17 Feb 2015 #36

and that seems a further step into mysticism to me. rogerashton Feb 2015 #39

It's on the boarder between science and philosophy. cpwm17 Feb 2015 #41

Many have not watched the video. cpwm17 Feb 2015 #28

Here's one of several fundamental flaws with the argument skepticscott Feb 2015 #35

No, life would be impossible with small changes to any one of a number of the constants of nature cpwm17 Feb 2015 #37

What you're afraid to say is skepticscott Feb 2015 #38

A response with a personal insult cpwm17 Feb 2015 #40

Nice try, but horseshit skepticscott Feb 2015 #44

The constants of nature could be adjusted to create other chemistries that could potentially cpwm17 Feb 2015 #50

Which directly contradicts your previous BS claim skepticscott Feb 2015 #52

Do you have insult tourette syndrome? cpwm17 Feb 2015 #53

Considering that 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999......% gcomeau Feb 2015 #42

The point being it could easily be 100% Fumesucker Feb 2015 #43

Yes. Which doesn't alter the fact... gcomeau Feb 2015 #45

We really have no idea how common life might be in the universe.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #46

True gcomeau Feb 2015 #47

It's in a lot of places on this planet that no one really expected.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #48

Which is like saying... gcomeau Feb 2015 #49

The point of the video isn't that the Universe is "fine-tuned" for life cpwm17 Feb 2015 #59

Nobody's perfect. (nt) stone space Feb 2015 #56

Just more support for my "theory"... stone space Feb 2015 #55

I find his argument problematic from the beginning... Humanist_Activist Feb 2015 #60

Here's Lawrence Krauss' take on the Anthropic Principal: cpwm17 Feb 2015 #61

It looks like edhopper Feb 2015 #62