"I am fortunate to know that our vast universe is not pointless. It’s exactly the scale and age required to give rise to intelligent life."
Exactly. All that is required. Excellent. Very E=MC2-ish. (Additionally, the "universe" is part of something grander--one component part. Sagan knew this. He just couldn't prove it. So, as a scientist, he had to keep it to himself.)
I'm agnostic about the multiverse. The infinite multiverse as a godless mechanism to resolve certain problems like fine tuning, or to have a form of immortality, seems to me very unlikely, though.
"I am fortunate to know that our vast universe is not pointless. It’s exactly the scale and age required to give rise to intelligent life."
Exactly. All that is required. Excellent. Very E=MC2-ish. (Additionally, the "universe" is part of something grander--one component part. Sagan knew this. He just couldn't prove it. So, as a scientist, he had to keep it to himself.)
What did Sagan think the universe was part of?
https://www.jonlomberg.com/original_art/oa_infinite_regression.html
Known as "The Multiverse" by others.
A lot of scientists these days aren't concerned with whether or not they can prove the multiverse - they're quite outspoken about it.
Your opinion about it?
I'm agnostic about the multiverse. The infinite multiverse as a godless mechanism to resolve certain problems like fine tuning, or to have a form of immortality, seems to me very unlikely, though.