The Fine-Tuning of the Universe 

was in a tf2 lobby where some guy playing demo was playing this video over voice chat absolute chad (had a sign that said God is good)

Man, how stupid I was back when I mocked proponents of the Fine-Tuning argument. Praise be to God He took me back from atheism, even after all my mockery and disrespect. Life is Good and has a meaning, even in difficult times.

God's work is incomprehensible and understandable at the same time. It's an odd feeling.

Just think of the power and knowledge and glory of this creator. Truly mind blowing!

Isaiah‬ ‭45:18‬ ‭NIV‬‬:- “For this is what the Lord says- he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited- he says: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.” ‭‭

Please pray for my atheist friend. He is very closed off to having any conversation remotely related to the creation of the universe or Christianity. Can’t imagine heaven w out him:(

The simple example I use, which I feel anybody can understand is the following: fill your clothes dryer up with clothes, run a cycle. What are the chances that all the clothes come out folded?. Well run the cycle again, did they come out all folded? OK run it again. It should be obvious to anyone you could run it for 1 million years and those clothes will not come out folded. The presumption is that everything necessarily will all come together to form circumstances for life, which is infinitely more complex than a clothes dryer full of clothes coming out, folded.

By the way… an interesting part of fine tuning is the existence of oxygen in our atmosphere. Without oxygen, we could not live. But without other life forms, there would be no free oxygen… as is the case on all the other planets

A summary of the Video. The Fine-Tuning of the Universe: Examining the Evidence for Design The universe, composed of galaxies, stars, and atoms, operates under a set of fundamental constants and quantities. These values have been precisely calibrated to allow for the existence of life, as we understand it. Any minor alteration in these values could result in a life-prohibiting universe. This fine-tuning has prompted the question: What is the most compelling explanation for this extraordinary phenomenon? Three potential explanations have been proposed: physical necessity, chance, or design. The physical necessity argument suggests that these constants and quantities could not be otherwise. However, there is no definitive evidence to support this claim. Chance, on the other hand, is highly unlikely due to the astronomical odds against a life-permitting universe. The multiverse theory has been suggested as a means to explain the fine-tuning through chance. Nevertheless, there is no concrete scientific evidence for the existence of a multiverse. Furthermore, the universe generator itself would necessitate fine-tuning, and the most probable observable universe would be minimal and simplistic, which contradicts our observations. Analysis Given the implausibility of both physical necessity and chance, the most plausible explanation for the fine-tuning of the universe seems to be design. This conclusion is supported by the overwhelming appearance of design in nature and the acknowledgment of notable scientists who recognize the strong evidence for a purposeful force behind the universe. For instance, the late British astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle stated, "A common-sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature." The improbabilities in a finely tuned universe are vast and numerous. For example, the strength of gravity must be precisely balanced with the strength of the other forces of nature, like the electromagnetic force, or the universe would be devoid of stars or planets. The ratio between the mass of an electron and the mass of a proton must be incredibly precise, or else atoms would not be stable and life would not exist. The amount of dark energy in the universe must also be carefully balanced or else the universe would rapidly collapse or expand. And the list goes on. All of these factors must be precisely balanced for the universe to be hospitable to life. It is highly improbable that all of these factors could have come together by chance, leading many to conclude that the universe must have been designed for life. Conclusion Upon examining the evidence, the fine-tuning of the universe appears to point towards a grand design, indicating the existence of a super intellect responsible for setting the precise values of these constants and quantities. While interpretations may vary, the intricacies of the universe serve as a testament to the possibility of a purposeful force behind its creation. imreal.life/page.php?i=item&id=1232

i realized that when i got into software development for 4 years its crazy to assume a complex program with many features was built with chance only that's just a program but here its the universe man our eye only has enough complexity makes it hard to replicate it

I’m no mathematician but wouldn’t a “universe generator” have to keep track of its non functioning universes? Cards can randomly give you a royal flush because the universe allows for cards. But if a “universe generator” were to spit out a bunch of universes, the same astronomical probabilities would be super-remote each time. It isn’t as though the generator says, “that last universe can not allow for playing cards, so I(the generator) will move universes closer and closer to a universe that allows for playing cards. Another way of saying this is each time the generator spits out a universe, it keeps the same astronomically remote chance that that universe will not function, same as the last. It’s not building on previous information, but rather starting over each time it produces a universe thus making it so improbable that one will function that it might as well be viewed as impossible.

Whatever the ultimate reality, all observers, both atheist and theist, start from being united in agreement that what we are looking at is profoundly mysteriously awe-inspring, orderly and beautiful.

this is the best argument I have heard so far.

It is incredibly mind-blowing that we live on this earth. Out of this vast universe, Earth is the only planet able to sustain life. That just goes to show how great our God is!

One of the best made animated videos on RU-vid

God said that everything was made by scales and balance. It’s in the Bible.

well-put. you just need to think for yourself what incredible knowledge and power takes for such a cosmic coordination to be made.

Well done!!! Amen!

What a beautiful video ❤Thank you 🙏

On the subject of Fine Tuning of The Universe, this is a TRUE REPRESENTATION of Pure Science, NOT "irresponsible gibberish from so-called experts"

I forwarded the clip to a few people, because I could not explain it myself but I can certainly understand it

This is a profound argument for theism.

Another aspect of this was addressed by Dr. Stephen Meyer in his book, Return of the God Hypothesis. In Chapter 16, he points out that an inflationary-string multiverse (the only kind that skeptics can posit to seemingly account for the fine-tuning of our universe) - this multiverse itself must be extremely fine-tuned (in its universe-generating mechanism) in order to exist and to produce multiple universes, which are necessary in order to seemingly account for OUR universe’s fine-tuning as if it arose by random chance. However, this won’t work because the multiverse itself requires extreme fine-tuning to begin its production of universes! Therefore, whether it’s to account for the fine-tuning of our universe (Meyer, Chapters 7, 8, & 13) OR to account for the fine-tuning of a feasible multiverse (that could hypothetically account for the fine-tuning of our universe), an intelligent Fine-Tuner or Designer of at least one universe, and possibly of a multiverse, must exist! (Meyer, Chapter 16) In essence, a Creator God must exist; there are no realistic alternatives, as long as we precisely follow the details of this evidence. The only way to avoid this conclusion is to NOT follow the evidence where it leads, in terms of its details. This is one of several reasons why I, a former atheist, am now a believer in the Christian God, which makes the most sense considering all forms of evidence.

God is absolutely incredible his wisdom and power of creation is beyond outstanding. Words could never come close to sum of his magnificence. Jesus is truly almighty

And with this fine tuning the narrator is referring to physics. The biological factor requires Just as much fine tuning if not more.

Hello there, is it okay if I can get permission to use this for a sermon at a church that I go to? Thank you!

This is a gift

Amazing video!

If physical constants and laws of nature come from some living subjective observer, then would expect them to be fine tuned for life?

Loved the video. Just a thought, whenever you quote someone I think it is good to give the citation somewhere.

The fact people think that the fine tuning argument is debunked lmao💀 it 's literally proven in every aspect of science that these #'s are the base of input by an intelligent mind/creator. THUS GOD.

how can the physical constants of nature be dialed to specific values for fine tuning?

Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure. ( Quran: chapter 54, verse: 49)

What is this beautiful ambient music in the background?

We recently lost our 9 year old son. Afterwards I had to know if God was real and so I'd been on a search and found videos like this one. Before he passed. He had a favorite verse in the Bible. I asked him why all the time and he could never give me a good answer. Just that he did. That verse was Psalm 19:1. The one at the end of this video. It's not the first time it's popped up in my search, but it hit me hard this time. So thank you. Believe what you want. But I like to think my boy was telling me I would be on this search, and that God is real. Amen.

This is for those confused about how the constants can be "tuned." Constants describe the interactions of matter with one another. Now before the big bang, there was no space, time, or matter. It's not that there was space without any energy, and there were still those fundamental constants; there was absolutely nothing at all. We know this because space, energy, and time are all connected, and they can't exist if one is missing. No time, space, or matter means the interactions didn't exist either. When the big bang exploded, energy happened to interact in an extraordinarily precise way to develop stars, planets, and life. Constants describe those interactions through numbers and equations. This is why scientists came up with the multiverse theory. If there were tons of universes, then a life-giving universe would be easy to get! But as we see in this video, the multiverse theory doesn't make sense.

uhm actually the universe is extremely fine tuned for black holes , they can exist anywhere and consume anything (unlike us )

this is GOLDEN! imagine explaining goldilocks zone

Great video. The spin around fine-tuning is the multiverse

I remember reading on Fine tuning and thinking how the hell did we get so lucky 🤣😂

Great Video!!! 👍 👍 👍 Thanks for this Upload! Hope to see More like it..: :) Hope you don’t Mind if I throw it in My “Creation Science” Playlist.

Absolutely right.

I saw a video like this but it was a RU-vid short animation and just can’t find it again

Awesome video

God 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷😍

Realy I like this video so so much its so interestyng

The issues you gave towards the multiverse explanation, could also be given for God. And, if consciousness only comes about when living things evolve it, then the only universes being observed would be the ones that allowed for life.

What Bible are you reading, Dr. Craig? Mine says God created the universe of stars on the fourth day of His six days of creation. What is this "early universe" you speak of? I can't find it in my Bible.

To me, the Boltzmann Brain is the strongest argument that refutes the possibility of fine tuning by chance. Even if we were part of a multiverse, the odds would be that we would observe a small universe, no larger than our solar system, with less complexity and order than we currently observe.

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so coordinated... crazy to think that if gravity was just 100,000 times stronger or 1,000,000,000 times weaker life would never exist

This video is just making the pieces fit so that believers can justify that there is this marvellous “god”. But if everything has a maker then who made this “god” and fine tuned him? Who knows if out in far off space there is a planet system with different mathematics. There are over 3000 gods that are worshiped in the world but Christians are so arrogant that they are convinced that theirs is the right one. And probably the other worshippers of gods also think theirs is the true one too. Nature is not perfect, there are many physical flaws in the human body, e.g. Down’s Syndrome, which gives the person an extra chromosome, and cancer which can destroy the body before old age. So the universe and all that’s in it is not perfect. If there was a god of love can you really believe they would put their son through torture? NO. Ask any parent. Religion is just there to keep the masses in order, especially women, but the masses are getting wise to it and realising what brainwashing crap it all is. I don’t know how life and the universe began and I guess we will never know, but to twist things so that they fit your particular religion is laughable. Religion is just lawful madness. You don’t need to make fun of it, it does it all by itself. If there is a “true” god then what a c*** he must be.

The best explanation is the best we can understand and God is “almost obvious”.

Don’t forget to explain evolution and prove that humans are nothing but animals as well

Gods hand. The universe is fine tuned made by his own hands. Our God is awesome

I don’t understand what it is that’s fine tuned. Obviously, it can’t actually be numbers because, numbers only exist on paper as a method for indirectly describing reality. So, what physically was arranged so precisely?

nice

The whole point about all the fundamental constants of the universe being specific (and thus most of this video) is kinda invalid because it mainly arises as such due to the lack of a quantum theory of gravity. If we take sting theory, which is possibly the best hypothesis for this unification, only 2 (I believe) constants need to be fixed for the rest of the laws of nature to be derived. This makes for a much stronger argument that the universe is as it is due to chance, as the variables have exponentially decreased. Also, this argument of 'its a really low chance' is also rather invalid as we only have a sample size of 1 universe, and we can only comprehend this universe as we are complex beings. What I'm getting at is that we don't know all the science yet about why the constants are the values they are, but that doesn't mean that everything was fine tuned. A perfect example is that Newton thought that gravity was this force that comes seemingly from nowhere and makes everything attract everything else. It took Einstein to come along and discover that it was actually the curvature of spacetime itself that created the illusion of gravity as a downwards acting force. Initially, we thought something was fine tuned, but later we did more science and can explain it without saying its designed specifically that way. Sorry for rambling, no hate is meant, all peace and love

A fantastic video for explaining the basic argument, but some concerns/inaccuracies to be aware of: 1. Emotive quotes from carefully selected scientists, some rogue ones (e.g. Fred Hoyle) don't by themselves demonstrate anything. WLC often uses this approach, but it's no substitute for reasons and argument 2. Emotive music and cool images of space don't prove the argument, or contribute to this, they just might make you think it's true (misleadingly) 3. Scientists don't believe anything like the 'universe generator' exists as the video states; this is a gross misrepresentation of the multiverse hypothesis. And there are many multiverse hypotheses, not just one, that scientists find useful and plausible 4. The claim that the most simple universe contains an observer is unjustified and plainly implausible; at least, it needs support, and can't be used to dismiss the multiverse hypothesis 5. The multiverse hypothesis doesn't enjoy any empirical support, but neither does the God hypothesis (at least, some needs to be provided for the argument to work) 6. King David was not a physicist and his psalms (if they are his) have no bearing on this argument 7. Scientists in general think, like Paul Davies, that fine-tuning makes the universe 'seem' designed, but this is very different from saying that it 'was' designed, and most scientists are perfectly happy with the multiverse, or just witholding judgment until more evidence is in. Most do not draw the God conclusion. In summary: an interesting argument and a great, well-animated portrayal of it; but presenting a weak and sometimes misleading case for God

Excellent video. How about following up with a more detailed examination of the fine-tuned universe? Get specific with more of the constants, show why stars are necessary for life, and examine the function of complexity in this Creation. There's sooo much more to unveil here. Can't you revisit this fascinating question??? It's surely the most compelling modern argument in favor of the existence of God.

Fine-tuning is another name for a strong anthropic principle. A weak anthropic principle is much more realistic.

Fine-tuning is a very strong argument but this video is wrong about many details.

If the Universe is "fine tuned" for life why is it that if you were to be randomly placed in it there is a 99.9999% chance you would be dead in seconds?

Quite Amazing …. “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth”! Genesis 1:1

I never understood the argument that the universe is exactly what it is. Everything is exactly what it is to the utmost precision. What do the long detailed descriptions that if anything were different in the universe the whole thing would be different prove? Should I be impressed that my height is not bigger or smaller than what it is, even a millimetre? The opposite would be impressive. If something was other than what it is.

This doesn't seem sound to me. If someone told me "I'm very improbable, the exact atoms that make me just happen to make me, since I'm improbable I should believe this was intentional" I would disagree. The improbable occurring doesn't mean there's a spooky underpinning, but ok maybe I will entertain this. The video doesn't even actually show the improbability and is using science to conclude that which science isn't capable of concluding. Unless you're going to undermine logic in your science and in turn your own claims, you'll have to acknowledge things like uncaused causes or infinity aren't fully comprehensible, yet you're dealing with these when you use cosmology to 'prove god'.Imagine the universe were infinite for example. How could you solidify the physical constants as absolute metaphysical truth? You couldn't, and so even the concept of infinity seems to reinforce the significant part of what you tried to refute with your argument against the multiverse machine. And you didn't even actually refute necessity because your reasoning is a tautology. Making the statement effectively "The laws of nature aren't determined by the laws of nature" Lol. Seems like the writer made a quick but significant error here. Either way, you gave me a great idea! I won't accept something that can not be detected, observed, measured, or proved. Also just to finish, this comment isn't me being dishonest, and I don't mean to come off as rude or sarcastic.

To me, this means close to nothing. Mainly because I'm no physicist/mathematician, but also because... it could just have been an accident. There is still a possibility that this would happen spontaneously and if the math is right then it did happen, we are living proof of it. To me, it is unlikely, but as the word implies, not impossible. This is still better than believing in a god because that's even less likely if measured by the same magnitudes. Why ask "why"? You are just not comfortable with the idea that living or not, the universe would make the same sense to itself. If you can't accept that it was by chance then you will naturally look for a designer or a necessity for life, which again, the universe doesn't need. We could destroy the whole planet so that it wouldn't host life anymore and the universe wouldn't care less. Whereas believers will say that someone does care about us, what they don't realize is that it's themselves. That's why you can say that god lives in you bc it's all in your head although I'm quite sure that even this simplistic view can push the idea that that's what the devil wants you to think and end up in the same place. At this point, I would agree more that this is a simulation rather than a divine creation (meanwhile I just rely on regular physics). There's nothing divine about anything but very well fabricated story-telling. Seriously whoever thought of religion in its makings as what it is today was a genius and almost like an entrepreneur.

Why don't I ever win in Vegas with simple odds but yet the universe is here god rolled the dice

But who put the universe generator there?

Atheism: the belief that an infinite universe has no creator or purpose, while a 10 cents pencil has a creator and a purpose. Quran 21:30 “Do the non-believers not realize that the heavens and the earth were one mass, and then we clove them asunder, and made from water all living things.” Quran 67:3-4, 51:47 “You will not see any inconsistency in the creation of ˹God˺ the merciful. So turn your vision again ˹to the heavens˺: Do you see any rifts? Then look again, and again-your eyes will return to you humbled and perplexed." “Indeed We have built the sky with might, and it is We who are expanding it.” Quran 41:11-12 "Then He turned to the heaven when it was all smoke˹gas˺. He said to the heaven and the earth: “Come ˹into being˺, willingly or unwillingly..." And He completed them as seven heavens... and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e, stars, for beauty] and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing." Science says: "About 300,000 years after the big bang, the universe was like a smoke-filled chamber... By the time the universe was a billion years old, the smoke had cleared almost entirely, allowing stars and galaxies to become visible." How can a 1400 year old book talk about the big bang, gaseous state of the early universe, life's origin from water, expansion of the universe, etc? Is it not impressive 🤔 I invite you to open your mind and heart and read the Quran :) Quran prophesizes its own preservation 15:9 "It is We Who have revealed it and it is indeed We Who are its guardians" - the Quran is the only book known to be preserved and memorized by millions from the time of its revelation until now (scrolls dating to the time of the Prophet match the current book, but all other religious texts have been corrupted(edited) - Quran 112:1-4 "Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not, nor is He begotten; And there is nothing comparable to Him." Quran 2:255 “God! There is no god but He, the ever-living, all-sustaining. No slumber nor sleep seizes Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth. Who can possibly intercede with Him without His permission? He ˹fully˺ knows ˹everything presently˺ ahead of them and what is before them, but no one can encompass any of His knowledge-except what He wills ˹to reveal˺. His throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation fatigues Him not. For He is the Most High, the Supreme ˹in glory˺.” - 6426

This is why I believe in God and in Islam... I also love prophet Jesus and the Saint Merry

Quran (25:02) He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination.

Claiming that if the numbers were different, life **would've** been prohibited is different from saying that it actually **could've** been different.

You have to know very little about the universe to believe that it is fine tuned for anything.

You got to hand it to this guy, he takes a simple concept, messes it up and then makes his erroneous claims. Oh well, I guess he makes a living selling people what they want to buy

There is so much wrong with this video.

“The most incomprehensible thing about the Universe… is that it is comprehensible” Albert Einstein.

For what purpose do we live and die

Exalted is my lord

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One is compelled to infer an intelligence greater than one's own

Isn't this the fine tuning for cosmic evolution theory ?The numbers are insane.

the fine tuning argument is pretty silly to me, the theist assume that god (a eternal perfect creature) just exists for no reason and without a creator but the universe (a complete cheos with some order on 0.000000001 or even less of it's surface) is something that can't be exists without a creator?

The puddle assuming the hole was made for it. The way life occurred in our planet was more close to an analogy of “if the volcano erupts, thousands of not tens of thousands of bits of rocks will fly everywhere, what are the chances one hits a hole the same size?” But it’s not just one volcano, it’s tens of millions if not billions of volcanoes over ca 8 billion years. Eventually, one will spit out a rock that lands in a hole the same size. And while the occurrence might be incredible, it’s still neither supernatural nor mathematically impossible, it’s an occurrence with a cosmic probability, but so are gamma ray bursts hitting a planet, or rogue planets colliding with another rogue, or black holes colliding, and yet they happen, and they will continue to happen

We know there is a god by reasonable consideration of the evidence all around us, while we know God by not only that but also His Word and Holy Spirit! (General & Special revelation)

Wow

So life has adapted to the conditions which prevail and prevailed in the past. Rejoice in the beauty of the ability of life. The adaptability of life needs no god and the fact that life exists does not prove a god or gods. You need to try harder. Dunning Kruger at its best.

Is a multiverse a form of design?

"Indeed we have created everything in exact calculated design" (Quran; 54:49)

How do you explain the creator?

I would be hesitant to hedge my arguments on current scientific models. Every scientific theory has a half-life at which place it is replaced with something else, so it could simply be that there is information we don't know yet that could show necessity or the multiverse hypothesis as plausible explanations, making design no more or less likely than the other explanations.

Where are the comments?

GOD is AMAZING.

Why does life only lie in such a small range? How to know life does not exist outside range?

Sorry for my english, just thinking.... All the constants and forces that are fine tuned may be the consequnce of the enviroment in which they are created, as a result of specific multidimension and multiforce entity that colapsed. Lets say the constants are maybe that fine tuned because their mathematical values are the only ones that are possible, considering from where and why they came. We are just measuring the results of a event that happened before early space eviroment. I can imagine that in near future someone will calculate this pre event state or form, and give the answer is the universe created for us, or are we the nessesary product of some super super nova.

Case closed!

What is the point of discussing something that doesn't exist? A vast number of ways the Universe cannot be?

Have people put in consideration that the way we live and the universe works is because of these numbers? If one if these numbers doesn’t at up or was different, the way of live and living things would be different, put still there. It needs another trillion years to make live happen again.. sure, but life as different as our own ways would be there again. Time is fundament for these things to happen. Have you ever thought that, because time has no end. The sheer coincidence of live NOT happening would be weird?

Coming up with a multiverse theory seems sus to me. Likely some people reeeaaallly don't believe this is all engineered.

Ra did a great job.