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How is preparing for the end logical "statistically speaking"? The world has ended 0 times so far. The world has a 100% record of not ending.
by imgabe 7y ago
How is preparing for the end logical "statistically speaking"?
The world has ended 0 times so far. The world has a 100% record of not ending.
- ForHackernews 7y agoThis is the anthropic fallacy[0]: if and when society does collapse, you won't be here arguing about it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
- imgabe 7y agoSo it seems pretty pointless for me to prepare for the end of the world, since if it happens there won't be anything I need to do. Makes more sense to prepare for the continuation of the world, since then I'd have to actually do something.