| ▲ | matja 2 hours ago | |
> well that is fortunate I think that was one of the arguments of the Anthropic principle [1], that there doesn't appear to be any reason why there are 3 spatial dimensions and 1 time dimension, or why the fundamental constants are what they are - but if they weren't then there wouldn't be anyone to exist to say "well that is fortunate". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle#Dimensions... | ||
| ▲ | nonethewiser an hour ago | parent [-] | |
yes, exactly. It didn't have to be this way, but it had to be this way to observe it. Survivorship bias. | ||