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- This version states that our existence is a brute fact; if the universe were
such that intelligence were not possible, we wouldn't be here to remark on it. Hence
there is no "need" for God. Many
find this most basic version of the anthropic principle quite satisfying; see this
article on the Secular Web.
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- Nick Bostrom's site is devoted to analysis of the anthropic principle as a way of defeating teleology (the idea that the universe has a Purpose).
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- This article, by Bruce Reichenbach, is from the Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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- This educational page at the website of the American Scientific Affiliation provides a number of useful links about the presence or absence of design in the universe at large.
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A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature.
-- Fred Hoyle
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