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The Nature of the Laws of Physics and Their Mysterious Bio-Friendliness
In Melville Y. Stewart (ed.), Science and Religion in Dialogue. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 767--788 (2010)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: * 1 The Universe Is Weirdly Fine-Tuned for Life * 2 The Cosmic Code * 3 The Concept of Laws * 4 Are the Laws Real? * 5 Does a Multiverse Explain the Goldilocks Enigma? * 6 Many Scientists Hate the Multiverse Idea * 7 Who Designed the Multiverse? * 8 If There Were a Unique Final Theory, God Would Be Redundant * 9 What Exists and What Doesn’t: Who or What Gets to Decide? * 10 The Origin of the Rule That Separates What Exists From What Doesn’t * 11 Why Mind Matters * 12 The Universe as a Finite Computer Exposes the Fiction of Idealized Laws * 13 Quantum Mechanics Could Permit the Feedback Loop Between Mind and the Laws Of Physics * NotesAuthor's Profile
Does a Multiverse Explain the Goldilocks Enigma? concept of laws - physical universe neither arbit conventional view of laws of physics - immutable cosmic code if there were a unique final theory - God would be nature of laws of physics and mysterious bio-frien origin of rule separating what exists from what do scientists hate the multiverse idea universe - weirdly fine-tuned for life
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