Fine Tuning and the Multiverse

Think 4 (12):49 - 60 (2006)
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It is claimed that the universe appears to be fine-tuned so as to admit the development of life. In this article Rodney Holder examines the evidence for fine-tuning and the chief rival explanation to design, namely the existence of a

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10.1017/s1477175600001706

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