God Does Not Roll Dice

Dr. Michael LaitmanOpinion (Alan Lightman, American physicist, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of the international bestseller Einstein’s Dreams):  “If the amount of dark energy in our universe were only a little bit different than what it actually is, then life could never have emerged. A little larger, and the universe would have accelerated so rapidly that matter in the young universe could never have pulled itself together to form stars and hence complex atoms made in stars. And, going into negative values of dark energy, a little smaller and the universe would have decelerated so rapidly that it would have recollapsed before there was time to form even the simplest atoms.

“Out of all the possible amounts of dark energy that our universe might have, the actual amount lies in the tiny sliver of the range that allows life. There is little argument on this point. It does not depend on assumptions about whether we need liquid water for life or oxygen or particular biochemistries. It depends only on the requirement of atoms. As before, one is compelled to ask the question: Why does such fine-tuning occur? And the answer many physicists now believe: the multiverse. A vast number of universes may exist, with many different values of the amount of dark energy. Our particular universe is one of the universes with a small value, permitting the emergence of life. We are here, so our universe must be such a universe. We are an accident. From the cosmic lottery hat containing zillions of universes, we happened to draw a universe that allowed life. But then again, if we had not drawn such a ticket, we would not be here to ponder the odds.”

My Comment: Why does one need to invent many universes, randomness, etc. if every day we become more convinced that “God does not roll dice,” and everything is logical and interconnected.
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One Comment

  1. Gives some idea of control. It is a functional universe because it is planned. It has all happened before. Tho many of the actors have changed their role according to their kind. And it will all happen again. even scripture is but a pattern written through us. And then of course it is fulfilled in its time and proper phenomenon.

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