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Letter: Beastly principle

Published 17 May 2006

From Reg Le Sueur

I like the idea of the universe existing as a quantum superposition of possible universes, which collapses into an actual universe by an act of measurement by a conscious human observer (22 April, p 28). So what happened before human consciousness evolved? Did animals of limited or absent consciousness live in an undefined multiverse? Is this idea the same as the so-called “Completely Ridiculous Anthropic Principle” (C.R.A.P.)?

St Peter, Jersey

Issue no. 2552 published 20 May 2006

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