That's how I've always interpreted it. 1. This place is perfect for us 2. Why did we end up in a place that's perfect for us? 3. Perfect places for us are po

That's how I've always interpreted it. 1. This place is perfect for us 2. Why did we end up in a place that's perfect for us? 3. Perfect places for us are possible 4. We could only evolve in one of those perfect places Number three is the (often unstated) assumption. The anthropic principle doesn't (even attempt to) answer why perfect places are possible; it merely states that because we're in one, they are possible.