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Thanks for this detailed explanation. Did not know about the fine-tuning problem.

It's only framed as a problem when it is assumed that the values could be other than what they are. But we have no reason to suspect that they could be different. We have no idea how unlikely the current selection is given our observation is a single observable. For all we know, it's certain.

'What really interests me is whether God had any choice in creation' - Albert Einstein

> It's only framed as a problem when it is assumed that the values could be other than what they are.

Well then your problem would be "What fixed those values to what they are?", which I don't think is the lesser of a problem.

That's not really a problem in the sense that it doesn't align with expectations. That's a genuine unknown.

You may find this an interesting read:

https://www.bretthall.org/fine-structure.html

Well, thanks again!

Also this free book on the Anthropic Principle is great: https://www.anthropic-principle.com/q=book/table_of_contents...

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