(2024-03-06, 04:04 PM)nbtruthman Wrote: Why do you consider the anthropic principle to be any kind of a legitimate viable explanation for fine tuning at all considering my argument above?
I'm not sure I understand your point.
Its a hypothesis, maybe a theory (?). Its a favorite for the theists of course. I has no explanatory power at this time of course.
Yet, it intrigues people like Guth (and me) due to its dogged hardiness. Try as reductionist-inclined/biased scientists try to discredit the concept.... it seems to shrug off all such efforts. So what does it mean or explain? To me, and I think Guth, nothing substantive at this point. However, it creates (again for me) this niggling feeling that maybe there's more here (i.e., reality) than meets the eye.