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John:
"The fact that
we're alive shows ..."
How do you know? do you
have a distinction between solipsism and realism?
"Perhaps we should carefully
compare how often the other planets have been hit with how often we have: They
certainly look more craterful...."
Do other planets have similar corrosive
gas and erosive water surface conditions, to erase the craters? Did Jupiter have
none of those, because in its gaseous surface nothing remains? WE are looking at
a snapshot and draw conclusions on millions of years, without recognizing the
differences contributoing to what we see.
Maybe this is a reason for the mising
detailed studies (or should be).
And PLEASE! do not advise governments to
spend on scientific grounds! it will only increase our tax burden and more
stupidity will be paid by uneducated politicians.
Best
John Mikes
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 7:07
AM
Subject: a prediction of the anthropic
principle/MWT
The fact that we're alive
shows that as a species we've been historically very 'lucky', the biggest
'break' being in the finely tuned initial conditions for our universe. At
least a level I many-worlds theory is needed to explain this. But in a higher
level MWT this good luck might have extended further. For instance, our
planet might have experienced an unusually high number of 'near misses' with
other astronomical bodies. Now that we're here to watch, the universe will be
forced to obey the law of averages, so there could be a significantly
higher probability of a deadly asteroid collision than would be indicated by
the historical frequeny of said events. Perhaps we should carefully compare
how often the other planets have been hit with how often we have: They
certainly look more craterful....
Have there been any serious
studies into this? It's not just idle philosophial musings, it affects
the way our governments should be spending our money (or rather your money;
I'm a non-earning student).
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