Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway

I guess, but it seems to me that the mechanisms for a chaotic approach are pretty straightforward, whereas an anthropic approach looks to me like it requires forces that may exist but certainly have no particular evidence. If one is arguing that "basic patterns reassert themselves" to the point of Ben Franklin popping into existence even though the Normans never conquered England, that's starting to sound an awfully lot like destiny to me. And while I can't disprove the existence of destiny, I find it pretty distasteful personally.