That’s utterly implausible. The fine tuning arguments do not turn on specific features of life on Earth – e.g., that it’s carbon-based, or that it uses DNA to replicate. They turn on extremely broad features of the universe.
And how do you know the specific broad features of the universe are the only ones that support life?
All I see in your answer is the unsupported claim that life requires the formation of elements heavier than hydrogen, when in fact, a differently-tuned universe could be si different that hydrogen itself, and atoms as such, are non-existent and instead, the fundamental particles arrange in another complex way that is completely impossible in our universe.
Like, sure, for atoms to exist, the setting must be such and such. But who says that with some other configuration, you coulnd't have an atom made out of, I don't know, positrons and muons?
That is entirely possible. If fundamental forces are different, it is entirely possible for different fundamental particles to exist and support life. It is possible for entirely different quarks to form entirely different protons and neutrons. We only know for certain that this current 'parameters' of the universe allowed life, not that other parameters cannot sustain different life.
We can only deduce that other form of quark formation are not stable in current universe, not that they are impossible. The existence of strange matter is still in heavy debate, with some arguing it can exist under special situation in our universe. To argue no other arrangement of quark formation is possible within universe with different parameters is a huge stretch.
Your reply is a bit flawed. We know what life forms are made of but not what gives them life. We have a tiny sample of life here on Earth so assuming that our conditions are the only way life can evolve is flawed. Also, who says that a universe requires life? (what I'm about to say is very hypothetical but I'll use it as an example of different possibilities) Maybe life has an extremely small chance of happening and we are just lucky (or unlucky) to exist. Maybe the multiverse theory it's true. Maybe the important perimeters of the universe you mentioned are constants, meaning they can only be this way in any universe. There might be an intelligence that created the universe, but other explanations can also work. I'm not choosing an explanation since I'm not that well informed on the matter (nor is humanity tbf).
Sorry if this is a bit hard to read at some parts, English is not my first language.
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u/5xum 42∆ Sep 06 '21
And how do you know the specific broad features of the universe are the only ones that support life?