Lesson 4 Flashcards

1
Q

Fine-tuning

A

Every physical parameter set just right to make the galaxies and life possible

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2
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Big Crunch

A

Universe collapsing inward if its expansion rate were slower

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3
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Anthropic fine-tuning evidences

A

Fine-tuned for human life

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4
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Weak anthropic principle

A

Fine-tuning is no surprise since we wouldn’t be here otherwise

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5
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Many worlds hypothesis

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Our universe is the outcome of a cosmic lottery

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6
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Inference

A

The act of reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence

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