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There an amazing number of coincidences that have led to human life existing. I only know of the anthropic principle greatest hits from physics including The M

There an amazing number of coincidences that have led to human life existing. I only know of the anthropic principle greatest hits from physics including The Moon, plate tectonics, distance from sun, etc but I assume there are more from the natural world of evolution. So I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that the bottleneck population also wiped their bottoms with leaves from a tree that grows only in natural uranium ore, thereby artificially boosting their genetic diversity as well as putting pressure on them to reproduce frequently and often before they reach their radiologically reduced life expectancy of 25.

neuronic 3y ago
> amazing number of coincidences All of this in light of the very literal form of survivorship bias. Try a few billion or trillion planets to get the conditions JUST right and there will probably be at least one getting it right. Inhabited by folks who wonder why it was their planet that had everything going for it.
- bondarchuk 3y ago
  >All of this in light of the very literal form of survivorship bias. That's basically what is meant with "anthropic principle" (as mentioned by parent).
  - FrustratedMonky 3y ago
    "anthropic principle" = Survivor Bias. Never liked the anthropic arguments. Even back with Leibniz, arguing this is the 'best of all possible worlds' because it is the one we exist in that god provided. It's circular, or calls for some mysticism or parallel universes.