The Goldilocks Enigma

Great quote in an article in the Observer about a book called the Goldilocks enigma by Paul Davies - Einstein is said to have said:

the most incomprehensible thing about the Universe is that it is comprehensible.

The book is about the anthropic principle which is that the universe is constructed exactly to suit us - if things were different it would not work.

It is the best of all universes in the multiverse of universes?

Was the universe made by God - if so who created him/her/it?

Is God a designer of laws not species? A facilitator not a creator?


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