Brian Greene: Why is our universe fine-tuned for life?

http://www.ted.com At the heart of modern cosmology is a mystery: Why does our universe appear so exquisitely tuned to create the conditions necessary for life? In this tour de force tour of some of science's biggest new discoveries, Brian Greene shows how the mind-boggling idea of a multiverse may hold the answer to the riddle.

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[Juancarlos5ish]

Good pie is very tasty

[forevermercy]

I'm a proponent for the sciences but this is too much of "pie in the sky" kind of way of thinking for me. I cant buy into it.

[madjunir]

yes that's pretty accurate. Am more inclined towards theist.

However there can be purely agnostics. See "The Poverty Of Agnosticism" vid 1/2

is kinda rare of course, but for some that's probably how it is.

[Eric Lin]

If you passively believe then you are not an agnostic atheist. Depends on what you believe. But in my experience, many people who call themselves purely agnostic are not agnostic theists but rather agnostic atheists.

[madjunir]

what if someone passively believes ?

[Eric Lin]

Unless you actively believe there is a god you do not believe in one, therefore you are an agnostic atheist. This is by definition.

[Eric Lin]

The fuck?

[bob thebuilder]

insinuation,dogma,bias,self absorbed,general consensus, exaggerating,lack of and conclusive evidence,rhetoric Boy how I love science. Something that is simple is far too complex for those who choose to deny it. i.e. life