Conflict between anthropic reasoning and observation

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Volumn 64, Issue 281, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Olum, Ken D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 14544299284     PISSN: 00032638     EISSN: 14678284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0003-2638.2004.00452.x     Document Type: Review

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