Junk DNA: goodbye!: Review article (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, March 15, 2015, 20:20 (4138 days ago) @ dhw

So many of those 'finely tuned' things that I mentioned, the ones that aren't subject to evolution or natural selection are what make those billions and billions of stars even possible. If 'gravity' were just a slight bit stronger, the universe would not have formed. -Things Atheist trivialize in regards to just the existence of our universe:- ratio of electromagnetic force constant to gravitational force constant if larger: all stars would be at least 40% more massive than the sun; hence, stellar burning would be too brief and too uneven for life support if smaller: all stars would be at least 20% less massive than the sun, thus incapable of producing heavy elements- ratio of number of protons to number of electrons if larger: electromagnetism would dominate gravity, preventing galaxy, star, and planet formation if smaller: same as above-expansion rate of the universe if larger: no galaxies would form if smaller: universe would collapse, even before stars formed-entropy level of the universe if larger: stars would not form within proto-galaxies if smaller: no proto-galaxies would form- initial uniformity of radiation if more uniform: stars, star clusters, and galaxies would not have formed if less uniform: universe by now would be mostly black holes and empty space-average distance between galaxies if larger: star formation late enough in the history of the universe would be hampered by lack of material if smaller: gravitational tug-of-wars would destabilize the sun's orbit-density of galaxy cluster if denser: galaxy collisions and mergers would disrupt the sun's orbit if less dense: star formation late enough in the history of the universe would be hampered by lack of material- fine structure constant (describing the fine-structure splitting of spectral lines) if larger: all stars would be at least 30% less massive than the sun if larger than 0.06: matter would be unstable in large magnetic fields if smaller: all stars would be at least 80% more massive than the sun-decay rate of 8Be if slower: heavy element fusion would generate catastrophic explosions in all the stars if faster: no element heavier than beryllium would form; thus, no life chemistry-ratio of neutron mass to proton mass if higher: neutron decay would yield too few neutrons for the formation of many life-essential elements if lower: neutron decay would produce so many neutrons as to collapse all stars into neutron -stars or black holes-initial excess of nucleons over anti-nucleons if greater: radiation would prohibit planet formation if lesser: matter would be insufficient for galaxy or star formation-polarity of the water molecule if greater: heat of fusion and vaporization would be too high for life if smaller: heat of fusion and vaporization would be too low for life; liquid water would not work as a solvent for life chemistry; ice would not float, and a runaway freeze-up would result-supernovae eruptions if too close, too frequent, or too late: radiation would exterminate life on the planet if too distant, too infrequent, or too soon: heavy elements would be too sparse for rocky planets to form-white dwarf binaries if too few: insufficient fluorine would exist for life chemistry if too many: planetary orbits would be too unstable for life if formed too soon: insufficient fluorine production if formed too late: fluorine would arrive too late for life chemistry-ratio of exotic matter mass to ordinary matter mass if larger: universe would collapse before solar-type stars could form if smaller: no galaxies would form-number of effective dimensions in the early universe if larger: quantum mechanics, gravity, and relativity could not coexist; thus, life would be impossible if smaller: same result-number of effective dimensions in the present universe if smaller: electron, planet, and star orbits would become unstable if larger: same result-mass of the neutrino if smaller: galaxy clusters, galaxies, and stars would not form if larger: galaxy clusters and galaxies would be too dense-big bang ripples if smaller: galaxies would not form; universe would expand too rapidly if larger: galaxies/galaxy clusters would be too dense for life; black holes would dominate; universe would collapse before life-site could form-size of the relativistic dilation factor if smaller: certain life-essential chemical reactions will not function properly if larger: same result-uncertainty magnitude in the Heisenberg uncertainty principle if smaller: oxygen transport to body cells would be too small and certain life-essential elements would be unstable if larger: oxygen transport to body cells would be too great and certain life-essential elements would be unstable-cosmological constant if larger: universe would expand too quickly to form solar-type stars--Things Creationist Trivialize:-How God Exists.- It isn't just that the universe is fine tuned for life, it is fine tuned for the universe as we know it to even exist! So yes, there IS some trivialization going on. That is not throwing stones at anyone, it is simply pointing out what should be painfully obvious.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.