Mario Livio - The Anthropic Principle: Meaning & Significance

Опубликовано: 28 Февраль 2024
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We should expect to observe that the universe in which we live must conform to the conditions required for our presence as observers. This is the unremarkable “Weak Anthropic Principle”: our universe has fundamental constants that happen to fall within the narrow range thought to be compatible with life. The “Strong Anthropic Principle” makes the teleological claim that the universe must have those properties that allow or require intelligent life to develop, that the universe is in some sense compelled to bring forth conscious life. Does anything meaningful follow from these ideas?

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Mario Livio is an Israeli-American astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics.

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