r/DebateAnAtheist • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

Weekly "Ask an Atheist" Thread

Whether you're an agnostic atheist here to ask a gnostic one some questions, a theist who's curious about the viewpoints of atheists, someone doubting, or just someone looking for sources, feel free to ask anything here. This is also an ideal place to tag moderators for thoughts regarding the sub or any questions in general.

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u/TelFaradiddle 4d ago edited 4d ago

You are incorrectly conflating multiple independent constants with multiple instances of winning. The correct comparison is that a single constant is akin to a single number on the lottery ticket. When all of the numbers align, we win the jackpot. If one constant/number were off, we wouldn't.

So there is no pattern of winning. There has only been one win: our universe/the winning lottery ticket. We have not won multiple lotteries.

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u/sierraoccidentalis 4d ago

Some of the constants are on an infinite number line which would make them probabilistically equivalent to winning an infinite number of lottery tickets.

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u/TelFaradiddle 4d ago edited 4d ago

That doesn't matter, because we didn't need to win an infinite number of lottery tickets. We only needed to win once.

As far as we are aware, there has only been one drawing, which we won. The fact that the outcome benefitted us is not evidence that the outcome was manipulated for our benefit.

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u/sierraoccidentalis 4d ago

It matters to the extent you were previously disputing that the constants are equivalent to a pattern of multiple winnings.