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Ostensible

ostensible

1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown.

2. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim.

Origin: From L. Ostensus, p. P. Of ostendere to show, prop, to stretch out before; fr. Prefix obs- (old form of ob-) _ tendere to stretch. See Tend.


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Irrefutable Facts Against Evolution

... argue in favor of a weak anthropic principle (WAP) similar to the one defined by Brandon Carter (see variants), which states that the universe's ostensible fine tuning is the result of selection bias, i.e. in the long term, only survivors can observe and report their location in time and space".

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by aptitude
Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:18 am
 
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by blackmantis
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