We are not editing a physics handbook but an encyclopedia You may say What s the difference The difference does exist and is crucial for understanding why we need the article In a physics handbook or university course one does not need to present ideas which are not stricly physics but more philosophy One needs not include all views and even more importantly to treat them equally An encyclopedia is completely different We are supposed to present all the views We should have articles not only on physical but also philosophical and religious views We should present not only theories based on shaky ground like Heim theory but also pure crap like Time cube if it is well known enough newsworthy The articles should inform the reader about the mainstream view on any idea but also on minority views Therefore the article is needed as dozens of scholars publish papers on anthropic principle According to ISI Web of Science there were 13 peer reviewed papers on Anthropic principle in years 1991 1995 18 in 1996 2000 and 45 in 2001 2005 Please notice the increasing trend Anyway this is certainly newsworthy