anthropic principle

"There are either many different universes or many different regions of a single universe, each with its own initial configuration and, perhaps, with its own set of laws of science. In most of these universes the conditions would not be right for the development of complicated organisms; only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question: "Why is the universe the way we see it?" The answer is then simple: If it had been different, we would not be here!"

- Stephen Hawkings on the anthropic principle (though he is not the one who derived the anthropic principle)

In short, the anthropic principle endeavours to explain the meaning of life and the universe as "We're here because we just are, so there!" For the time being, this explanation satisfies me(probably because the word 'anthropic' sounds sexy and important). Though, you don't have to think too deeply to realise that it's just distracting you from the original question of "but why??".

The cleverer we become, the more insecure we are about everything we 'know'. To me, the world began to end the moment homo sapiens set foot on earth. I don't believe that the human race evolved directly from apes, there was definitely a missing link. And let's just label the missing link as 'the devil'; that niche in time and nature, and what we should direct all worldly problems onto, so that we don't feel as bad. It is sad, but somehow, evolution does not seem to benefit humans. The more we know and the more complex our cognition becomes, the deeper our problems are perceived to be. As human emotions expand and intertwine, the more difficult it is to see the solution. So what do we do? Rely on geniuses such as Stephen Hawkings to ease our minds, or is it people like that who broaden the scope of how much we don't know? By this stage of questioning, the anthropic principle looks to be very refreshing.


I did this today with charcoal and acrylic and I call it "Talk Shit About a Pretty Sunset".