Saturday, June 6, 2009

Anthropic Principle

I think that not only is the Anthropic principle necessary, but it's a pretty intelligent philosophical concept. It's kind of hard for me to understand but the way I'm thinking of it, I think it makes perfect sense. If the universe were any different, we wouldn't even be here. It's been created the follow certain laws of physics and adjusted to the tee so it is completely and utterly perfect for human life to thrive just the way it is in this specific moment of history. If these laws were to change, we wouldn't be here to discover or argue about them. This "anthropic principle" probably doesn't have much of a place in most physics discussions, because the fact is, we are here and we are asking these questions. So most people get over this principle and get on with their discussions. But the thought should still hang there in the back of our minds...

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