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Imagining the fate of the universe

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For years physicists have been hurling insults at one another over a concept called "the anthropic principle."  Stanford University physicist Leonard Susskind explained what the fuss is about in a Jan. 24 speech at the Commonwealth Club of California.

What is the anthropic principle and why are physicists fighting about it?

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