The article gives a crude statement of the principle as > The universe is the way it is because if it weren’t, we wouldn’t be here to discuss the issue. That

The article gives a crude statement of the principle as > The universe is the way it is because if it weren’t, we wouldn’t be here to discuss the issue. That can't be right. That statement says we are here as a consequence of the way the universe is. It says nothing about causes (of the universe being the way it is). What's a better statement of the principle?