The Anthropic Principle Is An Unfortunate Name

Science May Explain The World, But We Still Have To Explain Science. The Laws Which Enable The Universe To Come Into Being Spontaneously Seem Themselves To Be The Product Of Exceedingly Ingenious Design. If Physics Is The Product Of Design, The Universe Must Have A Purpose, And The Evidence Of Modern Physics Suggests Strongly To Me That The Purpose Includes Us

In 1911 The Little Town Of Nakhla In Egypt Was The Scene Of One Of The Most Remarkable Events In Historym When A Chunk Of Rock Fell From The Sky And Killed A Dog. This Is The Only Known Canine Fatality Caused By A Cosmic Object. Improbably Though This Encounter Was Already, Its Truly Extraordinary Nature Was Revealed Only Decades Later When Scientists Found That The Culprit Was Not A Common-or-garden Meteorite, But A Piece Of The Planet Mars.

Although The Elusive 'cure' May Be A Distant Dream, Understanding The True Nature Of Cancer Will Enable It To Be Better Controlled And Less Menacing.

The Development Of Artificial Intelligence May Well Imply That Man Will Relinquish His Intellectual Supremacy In Favor Of Thinking Machines. With Oceans Of Time Available For Future Innovation, There Seems To Be No Reason Why Machines Cannot Achieve And Surpass Anything Of Which The Human Brain Is Capable.

Scientists Have No Agreed Theory Of The Origin Of Life - Plenty Of Scenarios, Conjectures And Just-so Stories, But Nothing With Solid Experimental Support.