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Andrés

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Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

And can we set the context for everybody? Because I think it's so hard to wrap our head around how improbable these numbers are, like the cosmological constants. So what are your favorite couple examples of how the universe is finely tuned?

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

And can we set the context for everybody? Because I think it's so hard to wrap our head around how improbable these numbers are, like the cosmological constants. So what are your favorite couple examples of how the universe is finely tuned?

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

And can we set the context for everybody? Because I think it's so hard to wrap our head around how improbable these numbers are, like the cosmological constants. So what are your favorite couple examples of how the universe is finely tuned?

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

So, yeah, in regards to that cosmological constant... in your book you mentioned an example or you know we'll put the number up on screen for people to see how incredibly small it is it's no point no no no no no no no no no no you'd be doing that for a while right it's like as you mentioned uh rolling a die 70 times in it rolling six yeah 70 times in a row um

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

So, yeah, in regards to that cosmological constant... in your book you mentioned an example or you know we'll put the number up on screen for people to see how incredibly small it is it's no point no no no no no no no no no no you'd be doing that for a while right it's like as you mentioned uh rolling a die 70 times in it rolling six yeah 70 times in a row um

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

So, yeah, in regards to that cosmological constant... in your book you mentioned an example or you know we'll put the number up on screen for people to see how incredibly small it is it's no point no no no no no no no no no no you'd be doing that for a while right it's like as you mentioned uh rolling a die 70 times in it rolling six yeah 70 times in a row um

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

Chat GPT told me yesterday that it would be like throwing a dart into the universe and hitting bullseye the size of an atom.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

Chat GPT told me yesterday that it would be like throwing a dart into the universe and hitting bullseye the size of an atom.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

Chat GPT told me yesterday that it would be like throwing a dart into the universe and hitting bullseye the size of an atom.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

So how do you then make sense of it? Because like you said, from one camp, it just looks incredibly unlikely and improbable. But from another perspective, it was a necessity and inevitable perhaps that for consciousness and structure in the cosmos to emerge, it had to be this way. I think that a lot of...

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

So how do you then make sense of it? Because like you said, from one camp, it just looks incredibly unlikely and improbable. But from another perspective, it was a necessity and inevitable perhaps that for consciousness and structure in the cosmos to emerge, it had to be this way. I think that a lot of...

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

So how do you then make sense of it? Because like you said, from one camp, it just looks incredibly unlikely and improbable. But from another perspective, it was a necessity and inevitable perhaps that for consciousness and structure in the cosmos to emerge, it had to be this way. I think that a lot of...

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

you know people who follow monotheistic face really like to uh harp on this example because understandably so it seems against improbable odds it just makes sense oh somebody created it this way but then again that just begs the question and pushes it one step further okay well who created that god right um and so how do you make sense um and how does this sit with your view of the cosmos

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

you know people who follow monotheistic face really like to uh harp on this example because understandably so it seems against improbable odds it just makes sense oh somebody created it this way but then again that just begs the question and pushes it one step further okay well who created that god right um and so how do you make sense um and how does this sit with your view of the cosmos

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

you know people who follow monotheistic face really like to uh harp on this example because understandably so it seems against improbable odds it just makes sense oh somebody created it this way but then again that just begs the question and pushes it one step further okay well who created that god right um and so how do you make sense um and how does this sit with your view of the cosmos

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

As you say, either Team Darwin or Team Pope. Yeah. Which, by the way, rest in peace.

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E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

As you say, either Team Darwin or Team Pope. Yeah. Which, by the way, rest in peace.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

As you say, either Team Darwin or Team Pope. Yeah. Which, by the way, rest in peace.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

Yeah.

Know Thyself
E144 - Phillip Goff: Why Does The Universe Exist? Panpsychism, Fine-Tuning & Cosmic Purpose

Yeah.