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Darwinism is a Pseudo-Science

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Loudmouth

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"If, for example, the strong nuclear force were 2% stronger than it is (i.e., if the coupling constant representing its strength were 2% larger), while the other constants were left unchanged, diprotons would be stable and hydrogen would fuse into them instead of deuterium and helium."
Fine-tuned Universe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The strong force has 2% of wiggle room on the high side.
 
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Ok, I'll go with that. Please show what happens to life if inside that 2% wiggle room.
 
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So how do you suggest that one terms significant against non-significant in the case of the vast universe?

Honestly, I would just focus in on where matter and energy are concentrated, just to not be derailed by the unknown vastness that is essentially empty
 
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Ok, I'll go with that. Please show what happens to life if inside that 2% wiggle room.

It moves along just fine since all of the chemical reactions necessary for life take place between electrons, not atomic nuclei.

Also, the Face on Mars requires the same finely tuned constant or it would not exist. A 2% increase would result in a lack of heavier elements needed for the existence of geologic formations.
 
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Like I said and you ignored was that these places are part of the universe and are included in the fine tuning. It is the appearance of the face that is the issue.
 
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Like I said and you ignored was that these places are part of the universe and are included in the fine tuning.

Then you can't say that the universe is fine tuned for just life. For all we know, it was fine tuned for pretty nebulae and life is just an unexpected outcome.

It is the appearance of the face that is the issue.

Funny how it is not an issue when you want to use appearances.
 
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Then you can't say that the universe is fine tuned for just life. For all we know, it was fine tuned for pretty nebulae and life is just an unexpected outcome.

I can't? Then why do scientists say that?

Funny how it is not an issue when you want to use appearances.

Your humor escapes me...no that is not true, you don't know what funny is.
 
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Not as an evidenced based conclusion. You can't demonstrate that the universe is fine tuned specifically for life.

Then why do scientists say that?

When did you start caring what scientists say?

Your humor escapes me...no that is not true, you don't know what funny is.

I find your inability to see your own double standards as humorous.
 
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Not as an evidenced based conclusion. You can't demonstrate that the universe is fine tuned specifically for life.

So you are claiming the scientists that make that claim are incorrect?


When did you start caring what scientists say?

Oh, are you accusing me of misrepresenting scientist now?

I find your inability to see your own double standards as humorous.

You are projecting.
 
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So you are claiming the scientists that make that claim are incorrect?

Can you find a scientist who states quite clearly that they have evidence for a universe specifically tuned just for life and nothing else?

Oh, are you accusing me of misrepresenting scientist now?

I am accusing you of selectively quoting the bits that you think agree with you while ignoring all of the bits that disagree with you.

"The universe might indeed be a fix, but if so, it has fixed itself."--Paul Davies

You are projecting.

So you agree with Davies that the universe fixed itself?
 
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Can you find a scientist who states quite clearly that they have evidence for a universe specifically tuned just for life and nothing else?

Changing my claim once again.


I am accusing you of selectively quoting the bits that you think agree with you while ignoring all of the bits that disagree with you.

"The universe might indeed be a fix, but if so, it has fixed itself."--Paul Davies

I am not ignoring it.


So you agree with Davies that the universe fixed itself?

Does Davies have any evidence that has objective data that a conclusion such as this can be made? IF so please present it because I've never seen any evidence that he has presented to support that conclusion. I have however seen data confirmed by others that support the fine tuning of the universe.

So unless I see evidence that he has data that can objectively be shown that the universe fixed itself then I disagree with his subjective conclusion.
 
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Changing my claim once again.

No, you are changing my claims.

I am claiming that the universe is no more fine tuned for life than it is any other feature in the universe. Your retort is that scientists disagree with me. The position that would disagree with me is that fine tuning is specifically for life and only life.

I am not ignoring it.

Do you disagree with the scientists?


That's not what I asked. Do you disagree with Davies?
 
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