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It's the Anthropic Principle[1], basically it's the idea that those coincidences having occured can be explained by the fact that if they didn't, we wouldn't ex
by thrance 2y ago
It's the Anthropic Principle[1], basically it's the idea that those coincidences having occured can be explained by the fact that if they didn't, we wouldn't exist, and thus there would be no one to wonder why they happened. In other words, those coincidence happened necessarily, in a way.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
- jvanderbot 2y agoWhat he said is not the anthropic principle. He said these coincidences must always occur. That's not true. They have occurred in at least one universe, solar system and planet: ours. But these conditions are not inevitable.
- francisofascii 2y agoRight. It sounds more like the survivorship bias fallacy.