Well, when you think about it, the anthropic principle itself is, “duh.” It shouldn’t even be necessary to come up with it, but there you go. The alternative, that man is the be all and the center of the universe, is too arrogant. Copernicus should have disabused us of that.
Precisely. It appears to exist by a subliminal fiat---'anthrocentric' bias---and is one which is presumed to such a degree it's no longer perceptible by its adherents.
I had the same "well, duh!" reaction upon my first encounter with the concept via one of these 'crevo' threads.