First, we discovered the universe was created (13.8 billion years ago), and now we’ve learned it was created astonishingly fine-tuned. Somehow, at least 32 physical constants were set in place, which continuously define our universe. Ten of them are so finely-tuned, even a slight deviation in one would keep matter from forming—no stars, no planets, no life. Furthermore, they are delicately tuned to each other. The odds of this is astronomically small; like 1 in 10^229 small (Steve Brusca, 2001). The obvious conclusion is that it was designed to be this way. Just the fine structure constant being precisely where it is allows for atoms to form and share electrons, allowing chemistry to happen, and stars and planets to form. A famous top physicist, Richard Feynman said about the fine structure constant,

It’s one of the greatest damn mysteries of physics… You might say the “hand of God” wrote that number… –Richard Feynman

That’s why scientists don’t say much about this amazing discovery. They even delayed publishing on it for years (Steve Brusca, pers. comm.). The problem is, to maintain a materialist view, scientists needed to explain this precise fine-tuning away. They suggested it could have evolved from a very long ancestry of universes; or maybe the laws of physics do change across an infinite universe, and we are just in a sweet spot; or it could be that many universes were created, and we are just in the good one. The first and last ideas don’t require infinity, just more universes than there are atoms in the known universe; keeping them in contention for the least parsimonious theories ever conceived by man. And they still don’t eliminate the need for a creator of some kind. It’s a big can of worms, so scientists tend to keep quiet about this huge discovery. Yet the fact remains that the astonishingly precise tuning of our universe strongly suggests it was somehow designed to allow life to exist. It’s really quite striking. Making spice cake requires the right ingredients, in the right proportions, and cooked just right. Our universe is impossibly more fine-tuned than that. Where did all these physical constants come from? What has been governing them to this day? It’s a topic limited mostly to Closer To Truth, and Christian apologetics?

Chances of Life in our Universe | YouTube 7:16