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The origin of the Universe, with Prof Thomas Hertog

Instant Genius

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The Perfect Mathematical Balance

You can do a taught experiment and play God, so to speak, and twiddle with the laws of physics. And it turns out that quite a few properties are accurately fine-tuned up to a percent level or even way beyond. The density of dark energy in our universe is extremely, extremely small. That has been essential in order to get seven or eight billion years' time in which the universe was slowing down.

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