> > > "...the dark energy is infinitesimal and no one has been able to 
> > > say why.
> > > 
> > > Except, that is, for followers of a controversial doctrine 
> > > called the 
> > > anthropic principle. There is no fundamental reason, they say, 
> > > why the 
> > > dark energy is so weak. It is just that if it were much 
> > > stronger, space 
> > > would have expanded too rapidly to harbor stars and, ultimately, 
> > > life. 
> > > The implication is that there is a multitude of possible 
> > > universes, 
> > > each with its own physics. Naturally, we are in one where it is 
> > > possible for us to exist."
> > > 
> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/weekinreview/08johnson.html
> > 
> > It's not really THAT controversial. Stephen Hawkings subscribes 
> > to it, I think...
> 
> It's not controversial at all, it's completely logical.

And thus almost certainly incorrect.  :-)






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