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That the universe is fine-tuned for life, with multiple physical laws required to be within small ranges, is generally accepted. But can we then make the additional argument that the universe is somehow required to contain consciousness? Such a conclusion may not follow. But the key question is this: Is consciousness wholly contingent or somehow special?

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Lawrence Maxwell Krauss is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is a Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University.

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