Does the Strong Anthropic Principle have any equivalent specific model?

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The discussion centers on the Strong Anthropic Principle (SAP) and its compatibility with multiverse models, as proposed by Brandon Carter. The SAP suggests that the universe's laws must allow for conscious life, which leads to the consideration of universes with varying logics and physical laws. References to scholarly articles highlight the extreme variations of possible universes, including those governed by different logics or even magic. Despite its intriguing implications, the SAP is largely overlooked in physics, with the Weak Anthropic Principle receiving more attention, albeit with its own controversies.

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Has the Strong Anthropic Principle any equivalent specific model or theory in theoretical physics?
The anthropic principle is a philosophical consideration that observations of the universe must be compatible with the conscious and sapient life that observes it.

There are two main types of anthropic principle: Weak Anthropic Principle (WAP) and Strong Anthropic Principle (SAP)

The Strong Anthropic Principle is compatible with multiverse models (as defined by its creator: Brandon Carter).
In fact, I have read in several articles that the Anthropic Principle, particularly, the Strong Anthropic Principle, would be compatible with a multiverse containing universes with different underlying logics.

One example of that is given in this article (https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/uram.20.1.61) where it is said (in pages 68-69)

"A strong version of the anthropic principle has a host of subuniverses and universes whose logics could be anything"

Or in this thesis (https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/50da/a458bf9b7401cfda00d145d248d49b40ca42.pdf) it is mentioned (in page 50):

"Related to the laws of logics, I would like to quote Ellis:

'Universes where physics is not well-described by mathematics; with different logic; Universes ruled by local deities; allowing magic as in the Harry Potter series of books; with no laws of physics at all?’

I would say that this 'extreme variation of possibilities for Universes', alternative which is in accordance with the Strong Anthropic Principle"

I was wondering if there is any specific model or theory or interpretation in physics that would also yield all these consequences proposed by the Strong Anthropic Principle?
 
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As far as I know, the strong anthropic principle is basically ignored in physics. Few find it to be of any use, and most find it to be a ludicrous proposal.

The weak anthropic principle has gained much more traction, but its utility remains quite controversial.
 

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