diff --git a/doomsday argument.md b/doomsday argument.md index 12959ef11..52d72418d 100644 --- a/doomsday argument.md +++ b/doomsday argument.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - a [[philosophical argument]]. - by [[Brandon Carter]] and [[John Leslie]] and [[Richard Gott]]. - "Because a random human would tend to find themselves in the middle of the population of all humans to exist…" - - There is the [[reference class]] issue. - - And why does it imply really we are near extinction, instead of a bit later than halfway? (population growth is accelerating but I think overall ~100 billion humans are expected to have lived so far, and we are only 7 billion currently.) + - Why does it imply really we are near extinction, instead of a bit later than halfway? (population growth is accelerating but I think overall ~100 billion humans are expected to have lived so far, and we are only 7 billion currently.) + - There is the possible [[reference class]] issue, as pointed out by [[Claude]].