Why is our Universe so exquisitely tuned to host life? Using the anthropic principle to explain the world might be a tempting alternative to invoking God, but it?s not science, says Philip Ball.
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Ball, P. Mysterious cosmos. Nature (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/news040802-21
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