Atheism 5.Universal Constants

The Universal Constants are a source of debate for creationists - for it is said that they are so "fine tuned" that if they strayed by even a small part in a million then we would not be here - this they say is "evidence of the divine hand at work"  -what utter rubbish - there are plenty of real world examples of where physical systems hone themselves into stable configurations - indeed within Chaos Theory -there are only really 3 modes of behaviour - stability,oscillation,and chaos - many systems have "attractors"  -that is - something which forces the system into an alignment that remains stable - such as our solar system - which itself may have "evolved" by a kind of natural selection - those planets in unstable orbits either perished or were not held by gravity sufficiently to remain in orbit - thus the planets that are left "appear to be selected to be stable". Similarly, we can suggest that if ours were not the only universe - then we just happen to be in one that has accidentally found stability and life has started because of that. But many are unhappy with the "other universes" ideas- even though these are direct results of ideas in Quantum Theory.Then the question is asked as to why the constants in our universe -such as the charge on an electron - are so narrowly defined -that if they altered slightly the universe would not support life. We might say that it may not support life as WE KNOW IT - but maybe it would support life - and even if it did not - this in itself is not a sufficient argument to presume a creator - it merely means we are ignorant as to why the constants should be narrowly defined - there are other rational reasons for negating God -we cannot just say that because the constants' narrow definition lacks a good explanation - then God must be the missing solution. Given that many other systems find their own level and stability WITHIN the laws of physics it is not unreasonable to suppose the laws of physics themselves were so constrained or found their own level - it maybe there is a reason why they could not be anything OTHER than what they are - and so any probability argument is moot. The idea that the universe seems TUNED especially for us is subject to the anthropic principle - that is - if it was not as it is - we would not be here to notice.