Stars Could Shine In Many Universes

A commonplace of cosmologists who argue the anthropic principle is the assumption that if any or a few of the constants of nature took on an even slightly different value, life could not have evolved — perhaps even stars and galaxies would not form. Science News reports on a new calculation showing that, to the contrary, star formation could happen in up to one-quarter of universes with different values of three important constants. "In fact, all universes can support the existence of stars, provided that the definition of star is interpreted broadly," said the researcher, Fred Adams. "...calculations suggest that, contrary to some previous claims, stars are not only common in our cosmos but are also ablaze in myriad other universes, where the laws of physics may be drastically different... Had Adams found that the range of parameters that allowed for stars was very small, that would have suggested that the laws of physics in our universe have been 'fine-tuned' to allow for star formation... Instead, Adams' study shows that our universe doesn't seem particularly special in that regard."

Comments

Anthropomorphizing

[Jangchub]

"...Had Adams found that the range of parameters that allowed for stars was very small, that would have suggested that the laws of physics in our universe have been 'fine-tuned' to allow for star formation..." How is that? All it suggests is that matter behaved as it could given the physical laws. The laws weren't "fine-tuned" to do anything; what appears is a result of the physical laws.. nothing had the result "in mind" and made the laws as an afterthought. Sounds like creationism to me.

time cube?

[schnits0r]

NO God mentality can Know my 4 Day Cube. No Bible Word equals my TimeCubed Earth. How Stupid - Pay to worship Queer as a God. Mom and Dad created you as a Trinity, the Mirror of opposite brain meld into "We" Ego. Your body is of their Creation, honor "We".

Karl Popper Says, Is This Crap Falsifiable?

[Louis Savain]

This is so much crap. There isn't one bit of evidence that multiple universes are possible and yet you are all talking about it as if it were a fait accompli? Wow! All because some of you cannot stand the idea that there is a possibility that some extremely powerful agency created the physical universe. Boy, are you people religious or what? Sir Karl is turning in his grave. Only physicists get aways with wild ass crap like this. Any other field of science would be up in arms.

Louis Savain

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