I think the point was that if you assume that the space of possible universes is vast and completely random, it’s already an infinitesimal fraction of them that will allow life to exist at all, never mind intelligent life. And depending on how you define that space, you could imagine universes more “intelligently designed” than ours towards being good, but also universes more designed towards being bad: actively malevolent and hell-bent on keeping alive sentient beings and still inflicting suffering, not just being indifferent. So in that sense, in expectation, our universe might actually be pretty middling. It’s honestly hard to say without a bigger frame of reference.
I think the point was that if you assume that the space of possible universes is vast and completely random, it’s already an infinitesimal fraction of them that will allow life to exist at all, never mind intelligent life. And depending on how you define that space, you could imagine universes more “intelligently designed” than ours towards being good, but also universes more designed towards being bad: actively malevolent and hell-bent on keeping alive sentient beings and still inflicting suffering, not just being indifferent. So in that sense, in expectation, our universe might actually be pretty middling. It’s honestly hard to say without a bigger frame of reference.