Status Updates From The Anthropic Cosmological ...

They make a very good case for calculating how many intelligent civilizations would likely exist in the Milky Way Galaxy... 1.

The biology argument seemed repetitive, but I understand they were trying to be thorough and it was not their field. I liked the quote they used to introduce the chapter though: "Of my discipline Oswald Spencer understands, of course, not the first thing, but aside from that the book is brilliant." --typical German professor's reaction to Decline of the West.

This Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics makes more sense than the Copenhagen Interpretation, but I find it hard to visualize.

Finished chapter 5. Lots of math which I could follow, but it was tedious. About half way through I skipped trying to work out the math, took his word for it and my comprehension did not suffer. On to chapter 6 The Anthropic Principles in Classic Cosmology. Ugg! More math. Looks like calculus for sure. I'll see if I can follow along. (Unlikely.)