The Universe isn’t friendly to life
Here’s Neil deGrasse Tyson showing us that the anthropic principle (the rather silly idea that the laws of the universe are tailor made to allow life to exist) is quite stupid. The Cosmos is not exactly a very safe and pleasant place to live, and studying a little astrophysics makes you realize we’re pretty damn lucky to be alive right now.
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Cherie M
LOVE this guy.
He spelled crocodile wrong, though… >.>
LB
Absolutely brilliant!
Duane
I love Neil deGrasse Tyson too. I enjoy his presentation, manner and points of view. I need to read his books.
Isaac
And what’s with that Appendix?
Kevin DeGraaf
He’s criticizing Intelligent Design and the “fine-tuned Universe” idea (which are quite silly), not the Anthropic Principle (which is not).
Dr.Death
Ok, be honest, who else laughed when he slipped his tongue and said “these aborted feces” err “fetuses” @ 3:15-3:20.
LCooper
I wish Neil were this excitable on Nova Science Now.