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Re:Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail ... by duxup on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:05AM (#35477920)
“Why aren’t we in a galaxy?!?”
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Re:Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail ... by andrewstuart on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:43AM (#35478116)
"Because we occupy a unique and privileged place in the universe."

That would mess with the scientists.

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Re:Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail ... by nequo on Friday April 07, 2023 @02:12AM (#35478634)
That is basically what the anthropic principle says:

  the range of possible observations that we could make about the universe is limited by the fact that observations could only happen in a universe capable of developing intelligent life in the first place
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
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