The Encyclopædia Britannica has the following criticism of such arguments: It can of course be said that any form in which the universe might be is statistically enormously improbable as it is only one of a virtual infinity of possible forms.
Dalam Encyclopædia Britannica berikut kritik terhadap argumen tersebut: Tentu saja dapat dikatakan bahwa setiap bentuk di mana alam semesta mungkin secara statistik sangat mustahil karena hanya adalah salah satu virtual tanpa batas kemungkinan bentuk.