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Cosmological Artificial Selection: Creation out of Something?

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According to the scenario of cosmological artificial selection (CAS) and artificial cosmogenesis, our universe was created and possibly even fine-tuned by cosmic engineers in another universe. This approach shall be compared to other explanations, and some far-reaching problems of it shall be discussed.

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  1. Center for Philosophy and Foundations of Science, University of Giessen, Posener Str. 85, 74321, Bietigheim-Biss., Germany

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Greben (2010) did also comment on Vidal (2010a)’s paper. See Vidal (2010b) for replies.

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Vaas, R. Cosmological Artificial Selection: Creation out of Something?. Found Sci 17, 25–28 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-010-9218-3

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