God and the Fine-Tuned Universe
Mar 17, 2013如果许多物理常数的精确值不同,宇宙就不会支持生命、人类生命、意识、哲学和我们。
Many people learn about the inconceivably large universe and start to doubt the significance of human life. Some philosophers have argued that this sentiment is actually just confused. An amazingAeon尼克·休斯的一篇文章为这种想法的动机指明了另一条道路。在评估了不同的观点后,他最终提出了一个解释,似乎很好地解释了我们的直觉。然后,在文章的最后,休斯提出了我们如何克服这种虚无主义思维。
Here's the full article:https://aeon.co/essays/just-a-recent-blip-in-the-cosmos-are-humans-insignificant
如果许多物理常数的精确值不同,宇宙就不会支持生命、人类生命、意识、哲学和我们。
The ancients believed in an enchanted universe – a universe suffused with meaning and purpose.
生命有意义吗?如果我们是由强大的上帝创造的,那我们的生命会有意义吗?
All there is in the world is physical stuff. That is the fundamental assumption of the materialist standpoint, and the picture given to us by science.
Even in ancient Greek society, philosopher-scientists engaged in heated debate about the origin, composition, and structure of our universe.
At the foundation of modern theoretical physics lie the equations that define our universe, telling us of its beginnings, evolution, and future.
如果许多物理常数的精确值不同,宇宙就不会支持生命、人类生命、意识、哲学和我们。
The ancients believed in an enchanted universe – a universe suffused with meaning and purpose.
生命有意义吗?如果我们是由强大的上帝创造的,那我们的生命会有意义吗?
All there is in the world is physical stuff. That is the fundamental assumption of the materialist standpoint, and the picture given to us by science.
Even in ancient Greek society, philosopher-scientists engaged in heated debate about the origin, composition, and structure of our universe.
At the foundation of modern theoretical physics lie the equations that define our universe, telling us of its beginnings, evolution, and future.