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This 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
by ForHackernews 7y ago
This 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.