Is the universe fine-tuned for life? In the first part of their discussion, Bernard Carr and Jim Hartle discuss how physical theories might contain unexplained assumptions that are necessary for the existence of life.
What Fine Tunings Are There?
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Their discussion touches on the nature of anthropic reasoning and the possibility of the multiverse. This discussion was conducted in the Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford, on October 18, 2016.
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