Analysis of the laws of nature reveals a finely tuned system conducive to the emergence of life. Even a small change in the physical constants would result in an uninhabitable universe. (For example the inverse square laws that apply to gravitational, electric, and magnetic forces are essential to the stability of the atoms and solar systems. Even a small change in the force-distance relation would jeopardize life as we know it. There are countless other instances of "remarkable coincidences" (Barbour 1990, p. 136). As Paul Davies observes "attempts to explain this "too good to be true" arrangement by invoking an infinity of random universes require metaphysical assumptions at least as questionable as those of design" (Davies 1994, p. 56).