Tony Leggett, “The Problems of Physics, Reconsidered” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Is the Anthropic Principle an Explanation?
Many physicists have been very upset at the invocation of the anthropic principle, because they say exactly that. It's just an excuse for not coming up at the scientific theory. You're saying it is the way it is because were it not that way, we wouldn't be asking that question. And that's not the business ta science. The business to do science is coming up with a real framework, real structure you explain. So i think even if, in some sense, even if i believed that theanthropic principle was true, i would keep quiet about it among my callings. It would lead to lazy son sense.
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