They are therefore highly sceptical of the possibility of intelligent life anywhere else in the universe. Life on Earth is a random accident against almost infinite odds. There is no reason to think it could be repeated elsewhere. In this case there is a skew in the cosmos in favour of life. Davies cautiously suggests that this bias towards life may depend on the information that can be carried by a sub-atomic particle.
Information depends on context, and the context of a particle is the entire universe.
He follows this idea up no further. However this looks uncomfortably like the finger of God in the form modern thought would find most acceptable, a mathematical equation. Paul Davies sits on the fence as to the answer, but this book is a most readable introduction to the question.