Re: a prediction of the anthropic principle/MWT

From: John M <jamikes.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 16:17:45 -0400

John:

"The fact that we're alive shows ..."
How do you know? do you have a distinction between solipsism and realism?

"Perhaps we should carefully compare how often the other planets have been hit with how often we have: They certainly look more craterful...."
Do other planets have similar corrosive gas and erosive water surface conditions, to erase the craters? Did Jupiter have none of those, because in its gaseous surface nothing remains? WE are looking at a snapshot and draw conclusions on millions of years, without recognizing the differences contributoing to what we see.
Maybe this is a reason for the mising detailed studies (or should be).

And PLEASE! do not advise governments to spend on scientific grounds! it will only increase our tax burden and more stupidity will be paid by uneducated politicians.

Best

John Mikes
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  From: John Collins
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  Subject: a prediction of the anthropic principle/MWT


      The fact that we're alive shows that as a species we've been historically very 'lucky', the biggest 'break' being in the finely tuned initial conditions for our universe. At least a level I many-worlds theory is needed to explain this. But in a higher level MWT this good luck might have extended further. For instance, our planet might have experienced an unusually high number of 'near misses' with other astronomical bodies. Now that we're here to watch, the universe will be forced to obey the law of averages, so there could be a significantly higher probability of a deadly asteroid collision than would be indicated by the historical frequeny of said events. Perhaps we should carefully compare how often the other planets have been hit with how often we have: They certainly look more craterful....
     Have there been any serious studies into this? It's not just idle philosophial musings, it affects the way our governments should be spending our money (or rather your money; I'm a non-earning student).
Received on Mon Jun 09 2003 - 17:22:00 PDT