David John Wellman | Why the Fine-Tuning Argument Is Illogical @DavidJohnWellman | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
The argument to design, in the form of the fine-tuning argument, is probably the second most popular argument for God's existence. It states that the universe has been dealt a "winning hand" by having its parameters be just right to be able to support life -- specifically, our kind of life. Like the Kalam, it appeals to intuition and emotion in an attempt to make atheism look unreasonable.
But there are problems. What's so special about a universe with humans it it that it calls for an explanation other than random chance? How does the apologist know that chance would even be involved, that such a universe isn't metaphysically necessary? How does he know the universe has one "fine-tuner" instead of many? In exploring these problems and others, we'll discover why the argument is utterly unconvincing.
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0:00 Blinded by Numbers
1:47 Skol
3:43 Royal Fizzbin
5:54 A Tiny Raft of a Planet
7:34 The Bayesian Approach
11:00 Push to Talk
12:46 Las Vegas and Bletchley Park
15:48 No, I Didn't Forget the Multiverse
17:13 At the Bottom of a Valley
The argument to design, in the form of the fine-tuning argument, is probably the second most popular argument for God's existence. It states that the universe has been dealt a "winning hand" by having its parameters be just right to be able to support life -- specifically, our kind of life. Like the Kalam, it appeals to intuition and emotion in an attempt to make atheism look unreasonable.
But there are problems. What's so special about a universe with humans it it that it calls for an explanation other than random chance? How does the apologist know that chance would even be involved, that such a universe isn't metaphysically necessary? How does he know the universe has one "fine-tuner" instead of many? In exploring these problems and others, we'll discover why the argument is utterly unconvincing.
If you want to support my work directly, click here to buy me a coffee!
buymeacoffee.com/djwellman
Background art by DJW
0:00 Blinded by Numbers
1:47 Skol
3:43 Royal Fizzbin
5:54 A Tiny Raft of a Planet
7:34 The Bayesian Approach
11:00 Push to Talk
12:46 Las Vegas and Bletchley Park
15:48 No, I Didn't Forget the Multiverse
17:13 At the Bottom of a Valley
