314. Martin Rees — Can Science Save Us?
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Fine Tuning of the Universe in Just Six Numbers
I read your book, just six numbers when I was writing about the intelligent design creationist or theorists as they call themselves. They say there's no way that could just happen by chance. And a design element looks like there's a designer. What is your explanation for the fine tuning in your just six numbers? Yes, well, one shouldn't exaggerate the degree of fine tuning. You certainly need some big numbers so that the time the universe lasts is very long compared to the time scale for Microsoft reactions. But there are only one or two tunings where it's actually really fine tuning.
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