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.

That’s why you don’t hear scientists talk 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 theory ever conceived by man… and still doesn’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 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 only Closer To Truth, and religious people want to talk about?

Chances of Life in our Universe | YouTube 7:16