Why?

Why is the universe and everything in it exactly the way it is?

Because we are here to observe it in just that manner.

Discuss.

"In physics and cosmology, the anthropic principle is the collective name for several ways of asserting that physical and chemical theories, especially astrophysics and cosmology, need to take into account that there is life on Earth, and that one form of that life, Homo sapiens, has attained sapience. The only kind of universe humans can occupy is one that is similar to the current one."