"Most constants are adjusted with a deviation of one percent, which means that if the value differs by one percent everything collapses. Physicists can certainly claim that this is a fluke, but it must be acknowledged that this cosmological constant is adjusted to an accuracy of 1/10120. No one thinks that this is solely a fluke. It is the most extreme example of hyperfine regulation..."
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Leonard Susskind. As quoted in Le tante prove del “Disegno intelligente” che ha creato l’Universo, Il Foglio (March 13, 2004)
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