anthropic principle


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
anthropic principle /anˈθrɒpɪk/
noun the cosmological principle that theories of the universe are constrained by the necessity to allow human existence.
– origin 1970s: anthropic from Gk anthrōpikos, from anthrōpos ‘human being’.
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