The anthropic principle, also known as the observation selection effect, is the hypothesis that the range of possible observations that could be made...
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Frank J. Tipler (redirect from Final anthropic principle)
the "final anthropic principle" (FAP) in their 1986 book The Anthropic Cosmological Principle as a generalization of the anthropic principle: "Intelligent...
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combined SSA+SIA "Anthropic Bias | anthropic-principle.com". www.anthropic-principle.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03. Nick Bostrom, Anthropic Bias: Observation...
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Gaia hypothesis (redirect from Gaea principle)
the anthropic principle, while entropic hierarchy and holobiont arguments may possibly allow understanding the emergence of Gaia without anthropic arguments...
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Cosmological constant (section Anthropic principle)
non-zero value was noted by Steven Weinberg in 1987 following the anthropic principle. Weinberg explains that if the vacuum energy took different values...
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Multiverse (category Anthropic principle)
models, cyclic theories, M-theory, and black-hole cosmology. The anthropic principle suggests that the existence of a multitude of universes, each with...
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Fine-tuned universe (redirect from Anthropic coincidences)
of multiple universes introducing a survivorship bias under the anthropic principle. The premise of the fine-tuned universe assertion is that a small...
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Flatness problem (section Anthropic principle)
McMullin writing in 1994 that "the weak Anthropic principle is trivial ... and the strong Anthropic principle is indefensible." Since many physicists...
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He also coined the term "Participatory Anthropic Principle" (PAP), a version of a Strong Anthropic Principle. In 1990, Wheeler suggested that information...
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String theory landscape (redirect from Anthropic landscape)
case, and that many different vacua are physically realized. The anthropic principle proposes that fundamental constants may have the values they have...
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term "anthropic principle" by Brandon Carter in 1973–4, units of measurement that are on a human scale are occasionally referred to as "anthropic units"...
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Reality (section Anthropic principle)
constituents potentially varying between universes (see § Anthropic principle). The anthropic principle, also known as the observation selection effect, is...
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Buddhism and science (section Anthropic principle)
Wallace has also compared John Archibald Wheeler's participatory anthropic principle (which sees scientific concepts like matter, mass and so on as "creations...
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Cosmic Jackpot Frugality Anthropic principle Big History Fine-tuned universe Golden mean (philosophy) Anna Karenina principle "The Story of Goldilocks...
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Wayback Machine" "Smolin vs. Susskind: The Anthropic Principle" Susskind and Lee Smolin debate the Anthropic principle Radio Interview from This Week in Science...
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which observes the mediocrity principle, the anthropic principle, the principle of relativity and the cosmological principle. Other well-known principles...
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Nick Bostrom (section Anthropic reasoning)
Sweden) is a philosopher known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, whole brain emulation, superintelligence...
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and the Earth through this method. The mediocrity principle is in contrast with the anthropic principle, which asserts that the presence of an intelligent...
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Fermi paradox (redirect from Fermi principle)
Another possibility invokes the "tragedy of the commons" and the anthropic principle: the first lifeform to achieve interstellar travel will necessarily...
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Fine-structure constant (section Anthropic explanation)
finds no meaningful variation in the fine structure constant. The anthropic principle is an argument about the reason the fine-structure constant has the...
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Clockwork universe (category Anthropic principle)
In the history of science, the clockwork universe compares the universe to a mechanical clock. It continues ticking along, as a perfect machine, with its...
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is even more noteworthy. One answer given by philosophers is the anthropic principle. If the universe came to exist by chance, and perhaps vast numbers...
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other technological civilizations in their sphere of influence. Anthropic principle Dark forest hypothesis Search for extraterrestrial intelligence Hanson...
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the Copernican principle, rather than derived from the Copernican principle and observations. Absolute time and space Anthropic principle Axis of evil (cosmology)...
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proposed by Lee Smolin intended as a scientific alternative to the anthropic principle. It addresses why our universe has the particular properties that...
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properties of black holes, and was the first to name and employ the anthropic principle in its contemporary form. He is a researcher at the Meudon campus...
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and suffering disappointment. Psychology portal Philosophy portal Anthropic principle – Hypothesis about sapient life and the universe Availability heuristic –...
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dark matter, general relativity, primordial black holes, and the anthropic principle. He completed his BA in mathematics in 1972 at Trinity College, Cambridge...
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the falsifiability of string theory due to the proposals that the anthropic principle be used to explain the properties of our universe in the context...
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life lives. (This may be the first use in modern science of the anthropic principle). In 1931, astronomer Arthur Eddington pointed out that, because...
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