Opinion Letters

摘要

Where does everyone get the idea that the universe is fine-tuned for life (for example: 6 December 2008, p 12)? If it were that finely tuned, it would be teeming with life. But it's not. As far as we know, the only place in the universe with any life able to cling to it for any period of time is one insignificant rock circling one nondescript star in a remote corner of one galaxy.rnIt seems to me that the universe is about as mistuned for life as it is possible to be, without being completely hostile to it altogether.