Lecture On Nothing - Mt..mp3

[01:19.72]Here`s the point
[01:21.33]If we consider the huge maze of possible universes
[01:24.76]The vast majority will not have conditions hospitable to life
[01:28.90]Or at least to anything remotely akin to life as we know it
[01:32.64]For drastic changes in familiar physics
[01:35.35]This is clear
[01:36.16]If our universe didn`t conform to the rules it does
[01:39.84]life, as we know it, would not exist
[01:44.41]Even rather conservative changes to physics would interfere with the formation of stars
[01:49.23]For example
[01:50.43]Disrupting their ability to act as cosmic furnaces
[01:53.81]That synthesize complex life-supporting atoms
[01:56.86]Such as carbon and oxygen
[01:59.33]That normally are spewed throughout the universe
[02:01.94]By supernova explosions
[02:05.68]In the light of the sensitive dependence of life on the details of physics
[02:10.08]If we now ask, for instance
[02:12.08]Why the forces and particles of nature have the particular properties we observe
[02:17.07]A possible answer emerges
[02:19.61]Across the entire gamut of possibilities
[02:22.76]These features vary widely
[02:26.08]Properties could be different
[02:35.67]What`s special about the particular combination of particle and force properties we observe
[02:41.31]Is that clearly they allow life to form
[02:44.92]And life, intelligent life in particular
[02:48.10]Is a prerequisite even to ask the question of why our universe
[02:52.15]Has the properties it does
[03:25.45]In plain language
[03:26.98]Things are the way they are
[03:28.64]Because if they weren`t
[03:30.30]We wouldn`t be here to notice
[04:38.60]If we weren`t here
[04:42.31]There`d be no one to see
[04:46.10]The lack of politics and factories
[04:53.77]The gods at stake
[04:57.71]The myopic view
[05:01.35]Halts suspicion that it just might be true
[05:08.98]Your sense of awe
[05:12.77]Your sense of wonder
[05:16.76]Remains intact in the face of it all
[05:24.04]Perhaps in time
[05:28.27]Someone will listen to this waste of breath
[05:35.90]This lecture on nothing
[05:39.89]If we weren`t here
[05:43.63]There`d be no one to see
[05:47.21]The lack of politics and factories
[05:55.05]The gods at stake
[05:58.80]The myopic view
[06:02.58]Halts suspicion that it just might be true
[06:10.46]Your sense of awe
[06:14.11]Your sense of wonder
[06:17.85]Remains intact in the face of it all
[06:25.58]Perhaps in time
[06:28.93]Someone will listen to this waste of breath
[06:37.05]This lecture on nothing
[06:41.49]If we weren`t here
[06:45.39]There`d be no one to see
[06:48.93]The lack of politics and factories
[06:56.85]The gods at stake
[07:00.39]The myopic view
[07:04.23]Halts suspicion that it just might be true
[07:12.21]Your sense of awe
[07:15.41]Your sense of wonder
[07:19.25]Remains intact in the face of it all
[07:26.00]Perhaps in time
[07:29.50]Someone will listen to this waste of breath
[07:36.08]This lecture on nothing