would be crushed if it were larger than an insect, thus making the evolution of intelligent life almost impossible. New Scientist Magazine goes so far as to assert, “Only the middle ground, where the expansion and the gravitational strength balance to within one part in 1015 (or one part in a quadrillion) at one second after the big bang, allows life to form.”222 Strong nuclear force: The strong nuclear force is what contains the protons inside atoms. Take two magnets and try to touch the positive ends of each magnet together. They repel, right? It requires strength
