Cosmic Coincidences? Materialism Faces a Choice Between Unsavory Options

It's convenient for ID advocates when materialists point out their own predicament so we don't have to do it for them. Such is the case in a recent series for New Scientist about fine-tuning.

One of the articles begins with an image of a pencil balanced on its point. Stuart Clark says:

Next time you fancy doing something really frustrating, try balancing a pencil on its sharpened tip. Your efforts will succeed for a second at most. Yet the universe has been succeeding at a similar gravitati...