Kalmar "ka'idar anthropic" ta fara bayyana ne a cikin gudummawar Brandon Carter ga wani taron karawa juna sani na 1973 na girmama ranar haihuwar Copernicus na 500. Carter, masanin ilimin lissafi, ya bayyana ka'idar Anthropic a matsayin martani ga ka'idar Copernicus, wanda ya bayyana cewa mutane ba su da matsayi na musamman a cikin Sararin samaniya. Kamar yadda Carter ya ce: "Ko da yake halin da muke ciki ba lallai ba ne, ba lallai ba ne a sami dama a wani mataki". Musamman, Carter bai yarda da yin amfani da ka'idar Copernican don tabbatar da Ka'idar Cikakken Cosmological ba, wanda ya ce duk lokuta da manyan yankuna a sararin samaniya dole ne su kasance daidai da juna.
Shekaru 500 da haihuwar Copernicus