Because I don't know whether excerpts from "Time" magazine are permitted, I'm providing only the essay's title and teaser.
The Anthropic Principle is controversial. For a negative reaction to the "Time" essay, see, for example, Aliens' answer to the anthropic principle.
Ah, yes, it's all done with smoke and mirrors.
The sun is well-suited to emit light and heat. Could that really be an accident?
Talk about begging the question...
just a topic bump
Refuting Fermi: No Evidence for Extraterrestrial Life?
John B. Alexander
National Institute for Discovery Science
http://www.nidsci.org/pdf/fermi.pdf
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Cosmic Conundrum [Brief essay on multiple universes and the Anthropic Principle]
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The Fermi Paradox - Are We Alone in the Universe
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