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On the occasion of the 300. anniversary of the death of G.W. Leibniz
Einstein once said: "What really interests me is whether God could have
created the world any differently." Our existence depends on a variety
of constants which appear to be extremely fine tuned to allow for the
existence of Life. These include the number of spatial dimensions, the
strengths of the forces, the masses of the particles, the composition of
the Universe and others.
On the occasion of Leibniz' anniversary we discuss the question of
whether we live in the "Best of all Worlds". The hypothesis of a
multiverse could explain the mysterious fine tuning of so many
fundamental quantities. Anthropic arguments are critically reviewed.
Summary
On the occasion of the 300. anniversary of the death of G.W. Leibniz
Einstein once said: "What really interests me is whether God could have
created the world any differently." Our existence depends on a variety
of constants which appear to be extremely fine tuned to allow for the
existence of Life. These include the number of spatial dimensions, the
strengths of the forces, the masses of the particles, the composition of
the Universe and others.
On the occasion of Leibniz' anniversary we discuss the question of
whether we live in the "Best of all Worlds". The hypothesis of a
multiverse could explain the mysterious fine tuning of so many
fundamental quantities. Anthropic arguments are critically reviewed.
