> You might as well ask yourself why the universe is four-dimensional (or 11-dimensional) and not 2-dimensional. We do ask ourselves that the number of degrees

> You might as well ask yourself why the universe is four-dimensional (or 11-dimensional) and not 2-dimensional. We do ask ourselves that the number of degrees of freedom is tied to the laws of physics, so it’s now really a question of why X but what are the physical laws that give us X. And if we continue with the circle and parabola analogy then what we are tying to figure out is whether our universe is a circle or a parabola.. that’s a pretty worthy question to ask in my book. We are thing to answer if the the values are actually random and thus have to be fine tuned to produce the universe we live in today or are they not random and if such what is the relationship governing them that makes them take the values they have.