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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (9713)11/11/2010 10:36:49 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
"Elsewhere, you might learn that Earth and its local environment provide a delicate, and probably exceedingly rare, cradle for complex life"

Which is probably why you don't have people on Venus where it is 800 degrees, no liquid water, and carbon dioxide for air.

"Earth merely "a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark," (Carl Sagan)"

He certainly got that right...



To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (9713)11/11/2010 11:15:51 AM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
The authors present a very interesting hypothesis. But why does it drive them to conclude that design (creation) is the best answer? If we accept the "measurability" concept as presented (and I am not sure that I do), wouldn't a simple application of Occam's Chainsaw(tm) favor the answer "we're just lucky"?

To me, supposing a magnificent randomness to our natural surroundings makes it more beautiful.

cheers js


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