Hutton's system of a habitable earth was an early formulation of what?
Big Bang Theory
Anthropic Principle
String Theory
Quantum Theory
Answer
The Anthropic Principle states that the universe must be hospitable to life, because if it were not, we would not be here to observe it. Hutton's system of a habitable earth was an early formulation of this principle, as he argued that the earth must have been in a state that was conducive to life for life to have evolved.
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