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Old 03-06-2014, 08:45 AM   #385
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Of course modern science doesn't explain that. Modern science has proved that animal life evolved to adapt to their environment. That includes the laws of physics. If the laws of physics were different, life would be different, but how can we say that our laws of physics are the only ones that would allow life? We can't, so the argument is worthless.
Precisely - it's simply a statement of the "anthropic principle", which basically says that if the universe were significantly different to the way it is, we wouldn't be here to observe it.
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