Subject: Re: JH: The Design Argument Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:01:13 -0700 From: "Brian Holtz" To: "Brian Holtz" "Paul Filseth" wrote : > > > it's not (yet) completely foolish to infer deism from physics. > > The apparent fine-tuning implies that at least one > of three possibilities is probably the case: (a) that the fine-tuning > is only apparent, because physical principles we don't yet know about > make the values we observe more probable than they look, or (b) that > other sorts of intelligent beings than our sort -- beings that aren't > "life as we know it" -- are possible, or (c) that there exists stuff > in addition to the big bang debris we see, stuff that isn't governed by > the laws we know about. How can you a priori exclude the possibility of (d) a fine-tuner? I agree that (a) is more likely than (d), but (d) is not impossible. -- Brian.Holtz@sun.com Knowledge is dangerous. Take a risk: http://humanknowledge.net