The fallacy of fine-tuning : why the universe is not designed for us

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Title:

The fallacy of fine-tuning : why the universe is not designed for us

Author:

Stenger, Victor J., 1935-2014.

ISBN:

9781616144432

9781616144449

Personal Author:

Stenger, Victor J., 1935-2014.

Publication Information:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.

Physical Description:

345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Science and God -- The anthropic principles -- The four dimensions -- Point-of-view invariance -- Cosmos -- The eternal universe -- Gravity is fiction -- Chemistry -- The Hoyle resonance -- Physics parameters --Cosmic parameters -- The cosmological constant -- Monkeygod -- Probability -- Quantum and consciousness -- Summary and review.

Subject Term:

Causality (Physics)

Cosmology.

Equilibrium.

Religion and science.

God -- Proof.

Atheism.

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A number of authors have noted that if some physical parameters were slightly changed, the universe could no longer support life, as we know it. This implies that life depends sensitively on the physics of our universe. Does this "fine-tuning" of the universe suggest that a creator god intentionally calibrated the initial conditions of the universe such that life on earth and the evolution of humanity would eventually emerge? In his in-depth and highly accessible discussion of this fascinating and controversial topic, the author looks at the evidence and comes to the opposite conclusion. He finds that the observations of science and our naked senses not only show no evidence for God, they provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that God does not exist.