Cosmological Constant Not Fine Tuned For Life

eldavojohn writes "A common argument one might encounter in intelligent design or the arduous process of resolving science with religion is that the physical constants of our world are fine tuned for life by some creator or designer. A University of Alberta theoretical physicist claims quite the opposite when it comes to the cosmological constant. His paper says that our ever expanding universe has a positive cosmological constant and he explains that the optimum cosmological constant for maximizing the chances of life in the universe would be slightly negative: 'any positive value of the constant would tend to decrease the fraction of matter that forms into galaxies, reducing the amount available for life. Therefore the measured value of the cosmological constant, which is positive, is evidence against the idea that the constants have been fine-tuned for life.'"

Comments

Any need for this?

[Burnhard]

Doesn't the Anthropic Principle adequately deal with this issue in any case?

Re:Any need for this?

[Mindcontrolled]

To put it into context - must a parent always intervene in their child's life? Or must the parent fill said life with senseless, meaningless, cruel, dehumanizing suffering, so that the child learns nothing but dies in abject agony and pain without sense or reason? That's what the god you are imagining is doing. If that one happens to be real, I gladly side with Satan, because he's the only moral figure in the whole tale by rebelling against that sick fuck. For whatever reason.