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    Fine-tuning of cosmological constants like the cosmologic... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The Neo-Epicurean explanation that the cosmos's existence and design arose from the random play of physical atoms is untenable.

    Fine-tuning of cosmological constants like the cosmological constant (1 part in 10^120) cannot be explained by undirected atomic collision without invoking an explanatorily vacuous multiverse.

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    10^120(expressing the odds of getting this precise value by random chance)
    Scientific notation meaning 1 followed by 120 zeros; an astronomically large number used here to show how precisely balanced this constant must be.
    Cosmological constants(the physical values that are said to be precisely tuned)
    The fundamental numbers that describe how the universe behaves, like the strength of gravity or the expansion rate of the universe.
    Explanatorily vacuous(as used in philosophical critique)
    A claim that doesn't actually explain anything useful because it lacks real substance or relies on circular reasoning.
    The cosmological constant(the most famous example of fine-tuning (1 part in 10^120))
    A specific number (often called 'dark energy') that measures how fast the universe is expanding; it's incredibly small but not zero.

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    Undirected atomic collision(what would happen if the universe formed purely by chance)
    Random, unguided interactions between particles with no plan or purpose behind them.
    fine-tuning(Philosophy of religion / cosmology)
    The fact that a number of apparently independent physical parameters have values that, while not fixed by current physical theory, fall within a relatively narrow life-permitting range assuming no changes to other parameters
    multiverse(Used as an alternative to divinely created world and natural theology)
    A conception of reality in which our universe is a chance universe, special only by the fact that we live in it

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