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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?
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?