> It's sort of like the question 'why did life arise on Earth and nowhere else that we are aware of?' - the only reason we can ask the question is because we ar

> It's sort of like the question 'why did life arise on Earth and nowhere else that we are aware of?' - the only reason we can ask the question is because we are the result of exactly the factors that would produce a consciousness that _could_ ask that question. Sounds like the Anthropic principle, which is not accepted by all scientists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle