I can't remember what the name for the philosophical principle is but there is a position that simply states, "since we can ask the question "why do we exist" we can assume that there are the correct properties in place to allow us to exist"
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Sounds like the weak anthropic principle.
"Critics of the SAP argue in favor of a weak anthropic principle (WAP) similar to the one defined by Brandon Carter, which states that the universe's ostensible fine tuning is the result of selection bias: i.e., only in a universe capable of eventually supporting life will there be living beings capable of observing any such fine tuning, while a universe less compatible with life will go unbeheld."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle