Anthropic Principle

Not to be confused with Action Principles.

The anthropic principle is referred to as a way of explaining why improbable chains of events can look inevitable in hindsight: observers only remember histories in which they survived. It is brought up during an orbital approach when Fraa Erasmas suggests it as a frame for Arsibalt's account of a risky rescue of Fraa Jad. Arsibalt dismisses such anthropic arguments as unsatisfying and prefers a more practical explanation of competent action under pressure.

Usage so far

• Invoked by Erasmas to characterize survivorship bias in recalling a rescue that could have failed in many ways.
• Critiqued by Arsibalt as an unsatisfactory way to reason about what actually happened.

Context

The exchange occurs while the group is adrift between tasks during their covert orbital approach toward the Daban Urnud. The conversation contrasts retrospective, observer‑selection reasoning with training, judgment, and deliberate action.