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    Challenges→Many examples of fine-tuning do not allow for the complexity required for life.

    If sufficiently many universes exist with varying constants, the anthropic principle entails that observers will necessarily find themselves in life-permitting ones, requiring no further teleological explanation.

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    Constants (physical constants)(as used in physics and cosmology)
    Numbers that describe how the universe works, like the strength of gravity or the speed of light, which appear to be fixed rather than changeable.
    Life-permitting(as used in cosmology)
    Describing conditions or a universe where life as we know it is actually able to develop and exist.
    anthropic principle(The passage notes design arguments were not part of Carter's original anthropic program, clarifying a common conflation.)
    A framework in cosmology and philosophy, initiated by Brandon Carter in 1974, concerning the relationship between the universe's properties and the existence of observers; distinct from design arguments despite frequent association with them.
    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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    teleological explanation(Kantian philosophy of biology)
    An explanation of an entity in terms of purposes, ends, or design intentions, required when mechanical explanation is insufficient

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