Why is earth the best possible world?

Question

why is earth the best possible world?

Answer 1

Because its the only one we know of.

Answer 2

Because I'm on it.

Answer 3

Because we are evolved and adapted to Earth's environment: it is the same principle as saying that the best possible climate for a polar bear is the polar ice cap. This is why Earth is the best possible world for humanity: we "grew up" here, and there's no place like home.

Answer 4

you know what? i have this question as my homework in History (World Geography)..we were also asked to make a comparaive illustration of the planets..

hope it's not a coincidence Dawny;;

Answer 5

Because Candide said so and Voltaire can't be wrong

Answer 6

What's the alternative?

Answer 7

because u can breath on it?

Answer 8

Right now it might be, but in the future it'll be more like the Death Star.  With more water being added to the atmosphere everyday, more and more lightning strikes will start more and more fires, look at California.  Excess water in the soil and super-saturated clouds creates an electrical potential (+/-) resulting in lightning strikes galore...on the scale of 8,000 strikes in California.  Could "dry lightning" become more frequent?

"This is an unprecedented lightning storm in California, that it lasted as long as it did, 5,000 to 8,000 lightning strikes," Walters said. "We are finding fires all the time."  and "To see 8,000, that's way up there on the scale."[1]

To stem the water, stop lighting up cigarettes since water vapor and CO2 are the 2 primary byproducts of combustion of all fuels--from methane to jet fuels.

Combustion:

Butane C4H10 + 6.5 O2 --> 4 CO2 + 5 H2O

Aerobic Respiration:

C6H12O6 + oxygen --> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy

Write to your space agency to offload water from Earth by transporting bottled water to the moons and Mars.  160+ moons have been discovered in our very own backyard.  Petition your space agency to build dynamos on these globes to protect us from radiation.  Terraforming takes time, it doesn't just happen by itself.

Answer 9

It may not be the best possible world but it is the one which we are adapted to.

Answer 10

because what we have become of the years of earth life