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06.27.24
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How can so many numbers of nature, the constants and relationships of physics, be so spot-on perfect for humans to exist? Beware: there is more than one answer lurking here.
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Episode 07
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The universe works for us because of deep physical laws. But if the values of these laws would much change, then all we see and know could not exist.
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