Universe is fine tuned for life

[glappkaeft]

I have no idea what you mean by the FTU.

Basically the Weak Anthropomorphic Principle says that no definitive statistical argument based on a sample size of life or sentience of one can be made off a sample size off one. Lots of religious and philosophical arguments argue otherwise.

 

[rbj]

given the title of the thread, you have "no idea"? really?

did you mean "Anthropic"? (you might still be able to change it.) not quite the same thing as "Anthropomorphic". on the USENET newsgroup comp.dsp, i am often accused of anthropomorphizing when i say things like "the DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform) assumes the data passed to it, of length N, is one cycle of a periodic sequence of period N". that is, admittedly, anthropomorphizing. they don't accuse me of "anthropizing" (whatever that might mean). different thing.

the issue of a sample size of 1 is paramount. because that's all we have. whether one believes in a Multiverse or God or both or neither, a sample size of 1 is all we have and all we're going to have. but the questions persist.

oh, and the Weak Anthropic Principle says merely that Conditions observed in the Universe must allow the observer to exist. nothing more than that.

 

[Flatland]

You have it the other way around. It's life that's fine tuned to the Universe.