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Man and His Place in the Universe

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The Anthropic Principle

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How must the universe be constructed in order to produce life? Can we imagine a different cosmos in which intelligent life might also appear? What preconditions were the deciding factors for the origin of life? The one thing that makes our universe special is the fact that it has produced intelligent observers. But, looking at it the other way, only an intelligent life form can study the universe and probe the causes of its origin.

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Breuer, R. (1991). Man and His Place in the Universe. In: The Anthropic Principle. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6741-1_1

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