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 | | The set of all the possible values of the physical constants is what physicists call the "Parameter Space", and on the surface, if all parameter values are regarded as equally likely, only a small fraction of the parameter space seems to include the constants necessary for life. |
 | | In this graphic, we represent the Parameter Space schematically as a 2-Dimensional plane, even though, in reality, the parameter space has as many values as there are true physical constants, which certainly number more than 2. |
 | | Smolin's model challenges the traditional notion of a parameter space where all possible values are equally likely and shows how our particular parameter values could become exponentially favored by Cosmological Natural Selection. |
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