This week, we're talking about anthropic reasoning. What are we to make of fine-tuned coincidences in science and mathematics? Are they coincidences, signs of structure we don't understand yet, or signs of deliberate tuning of the parameters of our universe? And if the latter, why did the people doing the tuning have such a problem with the neutron electric dipole moment?
This week, we're talking about anthropic reasoning. What are we to make of fine-tuned coincidences in science and mathematics? Are they coincidences, signs of structure we don't understand yet, or signs of deliberate tuning of the parameters of our universe? And if the latter, why did the people doing the tuning have such a problem with the neutron electric dipole moment?