The weird thing is we imagine universal constants as knobs we can twiddle to get results. No, the universe runs on natural forces. We can certainly probe why they are as strong as they are (and no stronger) but we can’t presumed the can be different.
The constants themselves are parts of mathematical models that accurately (but not perfectly) describe the mechanics of the universe. They’re not prescriptive. If we change the constants, they’d just be wrong.
Or to quote a Texas cosmology professor (who I can’t locate anymore) These numbers ain’t for fiddlin’
PS: If God does have a set of knobs for setting the fundamental constants, that strongly implies a simulated universe which in turn implies properties of God (and of us) that are distasteful to most major ministries. (A lot of theists are plussed by the notion as well.)
The weird thing is we imagine universal constants as knobs we can twiddle to get results. No, the universe runs on natural forces. We can certainly probe why they are as strong as they are (and no stronger) but we can’t presumed the can be different.
The constants themselves are parts of mathematical models that accurately (but not perfectly) describe the mechanics of the universe. They’re not prescriptive. If we change the constants, they’d just be wrong.
Or to quote a Texas cosmology professor (who I can’t locate anymore) These numbers ain’t for fiddlin’
PS: If God does have a set of knobs for setting the fundamental constants, that strongly implies a simulated universe which in turn implies properties of God (and of us) that are distasteful to most major ministries. (A lot of theists are plussed by the notion as well.)