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And we've come full circle back to the anthropic principle, which does not imply that all universes eventually evolve life (it implies that if you are alive, you life in a universe that can create life)... so I am officially being trolled here.

The universe (OUR universe) must be configured to allow life to exist (obviously, b/c we do).

Not the same as All universes (in any configuration) will allow life to exist.

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By our universe you mean the part of the universe that we observe? Like people believed the world ends at the sky firmament? How would you explain them why uninhabitable planets don't exist?

If all universes start in the same state and evolve deterministically, then they go through the same evolution, then if one produces life, then all produce life.

> Not the same as All universes (in any configuration) will allow life to exist.

Sorry I didn't realize that was the argument being made. I thought it was it's inevitable for there to be at least one universe that will evolve life. Not trying to troll you.

> I thought it was it's inevitable for there to be at least one universe that will evolve life.

Oh man, here we go.

I'm not sure that's true either. Unless you believe that all possible universes will eventually occur. In which case carry on, no truth/falsehoods exist at that level that I know of.

If it makes you feel any better, I agree with you and I have no idea what everyone else is smoking.

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