And yes, “a lot of lucky heroes” is what I’m thinking—suppose there have been a thousand wins at 50-50 odds, that’s about 300 decimal orders of magnitude, which makes it almost certain that the counterforce really does exist. If the number were less, that makes the anthropic explanation more likely. That’s why I would check on the numbers before drawing the anthropic conclusion.
And yes, “a lot of lucky heroes” is what I’m thinking—suppose there have been a thousand wins at 50-50 odds, that’s about 300 decimal orders of magnitude, which makes it almost certain that the counterforce really does exist. If the number were less, that makes the anthropic explanation more likely. That’s why I would check on the numbers before drawing the anthropic conclusion.