From Nicholas Beck, Habère-Lullin, France
Geraint Lewis says in an online comment piece that we can't ignore the possibility that we live in a universe fine-tuned for life (posted 28 June). We know of a long list of parameters that can't vary by much if life is to exist. So is the universe fine-tuned to favour life? No, but it might have selected for complexity.
Why is there something rather than nothing? Because there is only one way for there to be nothing: it is a single permutation floating on a vast ocean of possibilities. From this perspective, a universe favouring complexity is much more likely to exist than a simple universe.
