2006/06/27 by Brandon Carter, Carter, Brandon · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0606117
6 pages, latex: contribution to Colloquium ``Cosmology: Facts and problems'', Paris, 2004
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A brief explanation of the meaning of the anthropic principle - as a prescription for the attribution of a priori probability weighting - is illustrated by various cosmological and local applications, in which the relevant conclusions are contrasted with those that could be obtained from (less plausible) alternative prescriptions such as the vaguer and less restrictive ubiquity principle, or the more sterile and restrictive autocentric principle.