The inevitability of fine tuning in a complex universe

DOI10.1007/S10773-011-0669-2zbMATH Open1213.83139OpenAlexW1996556205MaRDI QIDQ539636FDOQ539636

Authors: R. A. W. Bradford 

Publication date: 30 May 2011

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-011-0669-2

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zbMATH Keywords

entropymultiversecomplexityfine tuninguniversal constants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• The holographic principle
• The world as a hologram
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• The Revenge of Pythagoras: How a Mathematical Sharp Practice Undermines the Contemporary Design Argument in Astrophysical Cosmology

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