anthropic
adjective
an·throp·ic
an-ˈthrä-pik 
variants
or anthropical
: of or relating to human beings or the period of their existence on earth
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With natural habitats disappearing all the time, finding a way to shelter within anthropic culture might be a good strategy.
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Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Weinberg largely avoided the many boring diatribes surrounding the anthropic principle that followed, contenting himself with having pragmatically used anthropic reasoning to make a correct prediction about nature.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021
That's one of the reasons people are willing to take anthropic arguments seriously.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2011
Weinberg largely avoided the many boring diatribes surrounding the anthropic principle that followed, contenting himself with having pragmatically used anthropic reasoning to make a correct prediction about nature.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021
Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019
The question is the anthropic effect on global warming, and that, obviously, is still a matter of discussion.
—Jim Daley, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2019
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Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
Weinberg largely avoided the many boring diatribes surrounding the anthropic principle that followed, contenting himself with having pragmatically used anthropic reasoning to make a correct prediction about nature.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021
That's one of the reasons people are willing to take anthropic arguments seriously.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2011
Weinberg largely avoided the many boring diatribes surrounding the anthropic principle that followed, contenting himself with having pragmatically used anthropic reasoning to make a correct prediction about nature.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021
Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea.
—Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019
The question is the anthropic effect on global warming, and that, obviously, is still a matter of discussion.
—Jim Daley, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2019
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