Davies & Gribbin (1992: 226-7):
For some people, the exceedingly fortuitous arrangement of the physical world, which permits the very special conditions necessary to human observers' existence, confirms their belief in a creative Designer. Others, however, point to the many-universes theory as a natural explanation for cosmic coincidences. If an infinite array of universes really does exist, each of which realises a slightly different cosmic possibility, then any universe, however remarkable or improbable, is bound to occur somewhere in the array. It is no surprise then that the Universe (or universes) that we perceive is of this remarkable sort, for only in a cosmos in which the conditions necessary for life to form have occurred (by chance) will observers arise to ponder over the meaning of it all.
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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory, the anthropocentric conceit of fortuitous coincidences giving rise to the existence of human observers confuses two distinct types of cause: result and purpose. Human observers are the result of chance events, not the purpose of them, not least because chance events, by definition, are not purposeful. It is because 'purpose' implies consciousness that the category error invites belief a 'creative Designer'.
From the same perspective, the 'many-universes theory' misconstrues potential as actual, mistaking different potentials in one universe for different instances of universes.
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