
Cosmic fine-tuning may favor technology, not just life
A think-piece argues that the universe’s fine-tuning extends beyond enabling life to also fostering advanced technology. Jeff Shainline revisits Lee Smolin’s idea of cosmological natural selection—universes reproducing via black holes and evolving toward fecundity—and posits that life and technology are part of this broader reproductive strategy, challenging traditional anthropic explanations such as the multiverse, the strong anthropic principle, and theism.













