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“It is no longer possible to doubt the human – ‘anthropic’ – origin of climate change,” he asserted.

The anthropic principle suggests that the laws of nature must take the form that we observe because otherwise we would not be here to observe them.

Still, I sorely miss those wise, anthropic creatures, so I was delighted to open Nick McDonell’s novel “The Council of Animals” and discover some friendly critters engaged in witty banter.

One of the most prominent—and, by some, most hated—solutions to the cosmological constant problem is called the anthropic principle.

Nevertheless, its style of “anthropic” reasoning subsequently became a familiar part of the theorist’s arsenal, albeit a still contentious one.