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Kind of a silly thought experiment, but ever wondered why you were born at this point in history, and not some other point? If population is now nearing its pea
by bemmu 6y ago
Kind of a silly thought experiment, but ever wondered why you were born at this point in history, and not some other point? If population is now nearing its peak, you're more likely to be among the people alive now.
- pythux 6y agoI think you might be referring to the « doomsday argument »? - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_argument https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_argument
- kmonsen 6y agoI read a science fiction book based around this once. It makes a lot of sense at first, the issue is that we are not a random sample. People could have used this argument at any time in human history.