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Design, materialism, and the search for purpose in a fine-tuned universe.

Are we really in a fine-tuned universe?

For decades physicists have been perplexed about why our cosmos appears to have been precisely tuned to foster intelligent life. It is widely thought that if the values of certain physical parameters, ...

One of the remarkable scientific discoveries of the past several decades is that the universe and earth appear fine-tuned for ...

First, the Earth turns out to be a middling planet that's not at the centre of the universe revolving around it. Then, the Sun is just a middling star that's not at the centre of the universe. Then, ...

When renowned scientists now talk seriously about millions of multiverses, the old question “are we alone?” gets a whole new meaning. Our ever-expanding universe is incomprehensibly large – and its ...

A fundamental concept is coming back to the fore – that the universe may be fine-tuned for life. The idea is that physical laws and constants are inexplicably just right to support it; any different ...

Humans have often looked at the night sky and wondered if there’s anyone else out there. But stare into that darkness long enough, and many wonder instead: how did we get here? What were the odds, in ...