Survey Results

Cosmological fine-tuning (what explains it?): brute fact, design, no fine-tuning, or multiverse?


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What the percentages mean: "Accept or lean toward P: 50% (40%)" means that 50% of respondents endorsed this answer inclusively (including multiple-answer endorsements) and 40% endorsed this answer exclusively (excluding multiple-answer endorsements).

These results should not be used for comparison to 2009 results due to different populations and parameters. For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, see the longitudinal analysis section.

Accept or lean towards:
design
17.35% (15.61%)
Reject or lean against:
design
2.97% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
multiverse
15.12% (12.39%)
Reject or lean against:
multiverse
1.24% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
brute fact
32.09% (29.12%)
Reject or lean against:
brute fact
1.24% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
no fine-tuning
21.69% (19.45%)
Reject or lean against:
no fine-tuning
1.49% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
5.58%
Accept an alternative view
1.73%
The question is too unclear to answer
2.23%
There is no fact of the matter
1.24%
Agnostic/undecided
12.14%
Other
0.50%
N = 807, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (338 respondents)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.72
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 124 11
Reject 54 519
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: -0.68
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 30 92
Reject 466 41
n: 629
p < 0.0001
r: 0.55
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 122 10
Reject 145 332
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: -0.51
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 12 107
Reject 341 159
n: 619
p < 0.0001
r: 0.5
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 84 29
Reject 77 388
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.5
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 13 116
Reject 383 179
n: 691
p < 0.0001
r: 0.5
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 89 46
Reject 80 501
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.46
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 47 31
Reject 27 272
n: 377
p < 0.0001
r: 0.4
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 82 40
Reject 108 362
n: 592
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 62 42
Reject 76 356
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 108 21
Reject 225 271
n: 625
p < 0.0001
r: 0.36
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 60 57
Reject 68 412
n: 597
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 19 226
Reject 158 304
n: 707
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 113 20
Reject 218 297
n: 648
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 67 25
Reject 131 265
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: -0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 13 119
Reject 207 272
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 132 6
Reject 362 204
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 47 56
Reject 383 103
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: -0.34
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 39 97
Reject 403 179
n: 718
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 69 53
Reject 95 339
n: 556
p < 0.0001
r: 0.33
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 194 13
Reject 301 119
n: 627
p < 0.0001
r: -0.33
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 8 105
Reject 206 259
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: -0.32
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 22 96
Reject 271 211
n: 600
p < 0.0001
r: 0.31
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 94 11
Reject 226 207
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: -0.3
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 24 96
Reject 247 268
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 54 35
Reject 99 253
n: 441
p < 0.0001
r: -0.29
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 11 121
Reject 173 366
n: 671
p < 0.0001
r: 0.29
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 79 44
Reject 140 328
n: 591
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 13 147
Reject 163 381
n: 704
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 73 36
Reject 157 298
n: 564
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 19 67
Reject 30 356
n: 472
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 7 85
Reject 163 234
n: 489
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 12 114
Reject 194 358
n: 678
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 19 105
Reject 232 300
n: 656
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 53 41
Reject 125 368
n: 587
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 129 7
Reject 396 156
n: 688
p < 0.0001
r: 0.27
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 64 17
Reject 137 196
n: 414
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 46 56
Reject 76 345
n: 523
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 111 19
Reject 299 235
n: 664
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 142 10
Reject 353 121
n: 626
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 83 35
Reject 220 308
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 22 79
Reject 13 498
n: 612
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 60 147
Reject 206 195
n: 608
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 36 74
Reject 282 186
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 97 18
Reject 306 182
n: 603
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 102 27
Reject 286 294
n: 709
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 16 46
Reject 141 147
n: 350
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 14 57
Reject 134 158
n: 363
p < 0.0001
r: -0.25
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 11 119
Reject 169 364
n: 663
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 71 35
Reject 199 330
n: 635
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 69 51
Reject 162 346
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 10 108
Reject 167 303
n: 588
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 8 70
Reject 64 235
n: 377
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 98 111
Reject 123 279
n: 611
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 21 76
Reject 26 347
n: 470
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 58 60
Reject 361 151
n: 630
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 173 65
Reject 224 228
n: 690
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 35 69
Reject 243 191
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 50 132
Reject 170 237
n: 589
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 52 70
Reject 85 349
n: 556
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 98 6
Reject 398 126
n: 628
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 17 150
Reject 151 395
n: 713
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 102 44
Reject 251 219
n: 616
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 9 53
Reject 23 265
n: 350
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 152 59
Reject 202 205
n: 618
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 20 89
Reject 244 215
n: 568
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 88 119
Reject 245 172
n: 624
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 6 116
Reject 110 361
n: 593
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 63 57
Reject 84 155
n: 359
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 37 70
Reject 163 145
n: 415
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 5 124
Reject 89 462
n: 680
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 18 97
Reject 233 285
n: 633
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 28 69
Reject 248 214
n: 559
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 54 32
Reject 102 160
n: 348
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 177 71
Reject 265 205
n: 718
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 14 88
Reject 147 329
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 83 46
Reject 211 258
n: 598
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 64 65
Reject 148 372
n: 649
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 114 42
Reject 280 251
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 34 214
Reject 136 332
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 21 86
Reject 32 274
n: 413
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 20 115
Reject 141 300
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 5 73
Reject 44 254
n: 376
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 48 41
Reject 124 249
n: 462
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 27 145
Reject 111 253
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 124 11
Reject 448 131
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 67 69
Reject 145 295
n: 576
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 55 52
Reject 118 301
n: 526
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 54 48
Reject 158 318
n: 578
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 21 53
Reject 42 307
n: 423
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 17 76
Reject 156 225
n: 474
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 31 88
Reject 33 398
n: 550
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 42 92
Reject 223 250
n: 607
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 80 46
Reject 187 345
n: 658
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Accept Reject
Accept 13 102
Reject 164 429
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 54 63
Reject 116 255
n: 488
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Accept Reject
Accept 54 155
Reject 160 244
n: 613
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Accept Reject
Accept 71 84
Reject 126 328
n: 609
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 11 84
Reject 31 372
n: 498
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Accept Reject
Accept 14 83
Reject 27 345
n: 469
p < 0.0001

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.48
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 70 66
Reject 28 578
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: 0.43
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 32 79
Reject 9 455
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 22 114
Reject 7 599
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 13 239
Reject 85 404
n: 741
p < 0.0001
r: 0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 13 98
Reject 5 459
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 5 106
Reject 105 359
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Yes No
Accept 5 116
Reject 93 528
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: 0.22
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 12 99
Reject 4 460
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 11 162
Reject 88 477
n: 738
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 16 95
Reject 9 455
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Yes No
Accept 25 72
Reject 45 435
n: 577
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 41 70
Reject 83 381
n: 575
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 65 71
Reject 153 453
n: 742
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 14 97
Reject 12 452
n: 575
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 97 36
Reject 303 270
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 89 14
Reject 311 151
n: 565
p: 0.0008
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 5 131
Reject 72 534
n: 742
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 5 106
Reject 4 460
n: 575
p: 0.0013
r: 0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 80 51
Reject 271 302
n: 704
p: 0.0004
r: -0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 34 139
Reject 183 382
n: 738
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 10 189
Reject 4 372
n: 575
p: 0.0023
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 41 91
Reject 70 373
n: 575
p: 0.0029
r: 0.12
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 7 125
Reject 6 437
n: 575
p: 0.0045
r: -0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 11 125
Reject 91 515
n: 742
p: 0.0018
r: 0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 46 210
Reject 52 439
n: 747
p: 0.0034
r: -0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 10 123
Reject 106 467
n: 706
p: 0.0045
r: 0.11
Cosmological fine-tuning: multiverse Yes No
Accept 14 83
Reject 32 448
n: 577
p: 0.0112
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 141 115
Reject 313 178
n: 747
p: 0.0054
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 33 166
Reject 43 333
n: 575
p: 0.0148
r: -0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 116 125
Reject 282 182
n: 705
p: 0.0082
r: 0.1
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 35 138
Reject 85 480
n: 738
p: 0.009
r: -0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 118 66
Reject 279 100
n: 563
p: 0.0257
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 14 185
Reject 12 364
n: 575
p: 0.0282
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 6 105
Reject 8 456
n: 575
p: 0.0288
r: -0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 98 45
Reject 299 119
n: 561
p: 0.0328
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 9 102
Reject 16 448
n: 575
p: 0.0307
r: 0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 13 186
Reject 13 363
n: 575
p: 0.0409
r: -0.09
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 6 130
Reject 37 569
n: 742
p: 0.0202
r: -0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 6 105
Reject 71 393
n: 575
p: 0.0432
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 14 170
Reject 15 364
n: 563
p: 0.0465
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 50 191
Reject 67 397
n: 705
p: 0.029
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: no fine-tuning Yes No
Accept 10 163
Reject 15 550
n: 738
p: 0.0255
r: 0.08
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 103 37
Reject 353 255
n: 748
p: 0.0284
r: 0.07
Cosmological fine-tuning: design Yes No
Accept 23 113
Reject 88 518
n: 742
p: 0.0453
r: 0.07
Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact Yes No
Accept 17 235
Reject 17 472
n: 741
p: 0.0471