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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various hypotheses in theoretical physics asserting that human existence and the ability to observe the universe are necessary rather than contingent facts about the universe and must be considered when interpreting or theoretically constraining fundamental physical laws.
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- noun Any of several similar
explanations for the nature of theuniverse , and for the values of itsfundamental constants , that states either that the universe is as it is because otherwise we wouldn't be here toobserve it, or that the very presence ofintelligent life constrains the universe to be as it is.
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