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16.4.11

The Goldilocks Enigma; Why Is the Universe Just Right for Life? -Paul Davies

- Buy this book.

- About the Author

- video: Paul Davies on an Ultimate Explanation,   
- Part 1/5
- Part 2/5       
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- Part 5/5

"I am convinced that human understanding of nature through science, rational reasoning, and mathematics points to a much deeper connection between life, mind, and cosmos than emerges from the crude lottery of multiverse cosmology combined with the weak anthropic principle. In some manner....life, mind, and physical law are part of a common scheme, mutually supporting.  Somehow, the universe has generated its own self-awareness. I shall argue in the coming sections that the bio-friendliness of the universe is an observer selection effect but that it operates at a much deeper level than the passive "winners in a random lottery" explanation.
   
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