Editing Fine-tuned universe (section)

=== Carbon chauvinism ===
Some forms of fine-tuning arguments about the formation of life assume that only carbon-based life forms are possible, an assumption sometimes called [[carbon chauvinism]].<ref name="stenger">{{cite web|last=Stenger|first=Victor J.|author-link=Victor J Stenger|title=Is The Universe Fine-Tuned For Us?|url=http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Cosmo/FineTune.pdf#search=%22Fine%20tuned%20universe%22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716192004/http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/Cosmo/FineTune.pdf#search=%22Fine%20tuned%20universe%22|archive-date=2012-07-16|publisher=University of Colorado}}</ref> Conceptually, [[alternative biochemistry]] or other forms of life are possible.<ref>See, e.g. [[Jack Cohen (biologist)|Cohen, J.]], & [[Ian Stewart (mathematician)|Stewart, I.]]: ''What Does a Martian Look Like: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life'', Wiley, 2002, p. 159.</ref>