The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning

The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning

2011 • 244 pages

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A number of authors have noted that if some physical parameters were slightly changed, the universe could no longer support life, as we know it. This implies that life depends sensitively on the physics of our universe. Does this "fine-tuning" of the universe suggest that a creator god intentionally calibrated the initial conditions of the universe such that life on earth and the evolution of humanity would eventually emerge? In his in-depth and highly accessible discussion of this fascinating and controversial topic, the author looks at the evidence and comes to the opposite conclusion. He finds that the observations of science and our naked senses not only show no evidence for God, they provide evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that God does not exist.


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It's so hard to rate this book. On the one hand, I always really enjoy Stenger's writing. It is straight-to-the-point and cuts like a knife. On the other hand, the physics in here are definitely not easy, and I don't think he made it any easier.

April 22, 2013