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THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE the principle which indicates that life and the universe are associated see also...

there are at least eight different ways of looking at the anthropic principle 1 life has fine-tuned itself to the universe because the universe is that reality which enables life to take on those shapes which comply with the most simplistic characteristics which zero can accomodate 2 the universe is the only reality that complies with the basic characteristic that any reality must have... endlessness... 3 the universe is fine-tuned for life ( a super intelligence designed the universe ) 4 the theory of the permutations of possibilities ( the universe is but one of an infinity of universes... a.k.a. the multiverse ) 5 a combination of the above 6 a combination of the above and something else 7 purely chance 8 none of the above