Anthropic Fluctuations vs. Weak Anthropic Principle

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dc.creatorCirkovic, Milan M.
dc.date2001-09-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:46:19Z
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dc.descriptionA modern assessment of the classical Boltzmann-Schuetz argument for large-scale entropy fluctuations as the origin of our observable cosmological domain is given. The emphasis is put on the central implication of this picture which flatly contradicts the weak anthropic principle as an epistemological statement about the universe. Therefore, to associate this picture with the anthropic principle as it is usually done is unwarranted. In particular, Feynman's criticism of the anthropic principle based on the entropy-fluctuation picture is a product of this semantic confusion.
dc.description10 pages, no figures; Found. Sci. accepted for publication
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0109072
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0109072
dc.identifierFound.Sci. 7 (2002) 453-463
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/84293
dc.subjectHistory and Philosophy of Physics
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectClassical Physics
dc.titleAnthropic Fluctuations vs. Weak Anthropic Principle
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