Sciama's argument on life in a random universe: Distinguishing apples from oranges
History and Philosophy of Physics
2023-06-28 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Artificial Intelligence
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Dennis Sciama argued that the existence of life depended on many quantities, the fundamental constants, so in a random universe life should be highly unlikely. However, without full knowledge of these constants, his argument implies a universe that would appear to be `intelligently designed.'
Cite
@article{arxiv.2306.14934,
title = {Sciama's argument on life in a random universe: Distinguishing apples from oranges},
author = {Zhi-Wei Wang and Samuel L. Braunstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.14934},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
Publication in Nature Astronomy (2023). arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2109.10241