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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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What does "the entities" refer to?
1) What does "the entities" refer to?
2) What does "The very opposite has to be said of any kind of intelligence" mean? The opposite to what?
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extravagant God hypothesis and the apparently extravagant multi-
verse hypothesis is one of statistical improbability. The multiverse,
for all that it is extravagant, is simple. God, or any intelligent,
decision-taking, calculating agent, would have to be highly im-
probable in the very same statistical sense as the entities he is
supposed to explain. The multiverse may seem extravagant in sheer
number of universes. But if each one of those universes is simple in
its fundamental laws, we are still not postulating anything highly
improbable. The very opposite has to be said of any kind of
intelligence.
Some physicists are known to be religious (Russell Stannard and
2) What does "The very opposite has to be said of any kind of intelligence" mean? The opposite to what?
Context:
extravagant God hypothesis and the apparently extravagant multi-
verse hypothesis is one of statistical improbability. The multiverse,
for all that it is extravagant, is simple. God, or any intelligent,
decision-taking, calculating agent, would have to be highly im-
probable in the very same statistical sense as the entities he is
supposed to explain. The multiverse may seem extravagant in sheer
number of universes. But if each one of those universes is simple in
its fundamental laws, we are still not postulating anything highly
improbable. The very opposite has to be said of any kind of
intelligence.
Some physicists are known to be religious (Russell Stannard and
Top answer
1) "entities" basically means anything that exists in the universe that religion might be called on to explain. 2) The opposite to "we are not postulating anything highly improbable".
- 1) "entities" basically means anything that exists in the universe that religion might be called on to explain.
- 2) The opposite to "we are not postulating anything highly improbable".
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1) "entities" basically means anything that exists in the universe that religion might be called on to explain.
2) The opposite to "we are not postulating anything highly improbable".
2) The opposite to "we are not postulating anything highly improbable".
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I'm sorry. I couldn't get you very well. 1) Does it mean that there are too many things in the universe so *** is improbable to explain everything?2) So "we are assuming anything highly improbable"?
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1. (According to some people, or according to the argument being discussed) it is highly improbable that anything should exist. Therefore, some people invent *** (or similar agent) to explain it all. However, it is just as improbable that *** should exist as that any of the other stuff should exist.
2. The multiverse is not highly improbable. Any kind of intelligence is highly impr
2. The multiverse is not highly improbable. Any kind of intelligence is highly impr
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Thank you.
I've got a clearer picture. But in a whole, the meaning of the passage is still not crystal clear for me.
Does " The multiverse,for all that it is extravagant" mean "the multiverse, although the multiverse is extravagant/overly rich"?
I've got a clearer picture. But in a whole, the meaning of the passage is still not crystal clear for me.
Does " The multiverse,for all that it is extravagant" mean "the multiverse, although the multiverse is extravagant/overly rich"?
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NL888Thank you. I've got a clearer picture. But in a whole, the meaning of the passage is still not crystal clear for me.Does " The multiverse,for all that it is extravagant" mean "the multiverse, although the multiverse is extravagant/overly rich"?Right. Even though the multiverse is extravagant, it is nevertheless simple.
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Now I feel that I've almost got the entire of the passage.
A minor question:
Does "as the entities he is supposed to explain" mean "as same as the entities he is supposed to explain"? Or "because of the entities he is supposed to explain"?
A minor question:
Does "as the entities he is supposed to explain" mean "as same as the entities he is supposed to explain"? Or "because of the entities he is supposed to explain"?
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NL888 Now I feel that I've almost got the entire of the passage. A minor question: Does "as the entities he is supposed to explain" mean "as same as the entities he is supposed to explain"? Or "because of the entities he is supposed to explain"?"the entities" are improbable in a statistical sense.
*** is improbable in a statistical sense.
*** is impro
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NL888 Thanks.Does "the entities" mean "anything in the universe"?As per my first reply.
(That's assuming that the preceding text has not qualified "entities" to mean something more specific.)
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