Re: [asa] Anthropic Principle, "proof," and "explanations"

Paul Davies, Cosmic Jackpot (The Goldilocks Dilemma), p 131 in my review
copy, writes:
"The term is an unfortunate misnomer, because anthropic derives from the
same greek root as man, and nobody is suggesting that the principle has
anything to do with humans per se ....
Brandon Carter, who first used the word in this context, once remarked
that had he known the trouble it would cause, he would have suggested
something else..."
Don

Gregory Arago wrote:
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> Could someone please interpret for me what the ‘anthro’ root means in the duo term ‘anthropic principle’? Is it a Latin or Greek word? It seems the duo term is used now mainly by physicists and cosmologists, where ‘anthro’ doesn’t exactly belong.
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Received on Sun Dec 9 18:18:08 2007