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Because the number of seconds to doomsday doesn't mean anything and it was at best an ill-conceived stunt to scare us into action? We're not x seconds to dooms
by bm3719 4y ago
Because the number of seconds to doomsday doesn't mean anything and it was at best an ill-conceived stunt to scare us into action?
We're not x seconds to doomsday. It should have always been a percentage.
- nullc 4y ago> a percentage. Not a logit?
- baxtr 4y agoActually… A probabilistic event should be given as a combination of percentage and timeframe, e.g. 1% for the coming year, which means 1 such event in 100 years.
- stjohnswarts 4y ago"on average"
- valyagolev 4y agowe need Doomsday Bayesian Update
- soheil 4y agoSo it should measure in half-life?
- dylan604 4y agoWhat "clock" doesn't tell a time? Even a broken one is right...
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- soheil 4y agoIf we're not supposed to be scared into action about the most existential threat facing humanity right now when is being scared justified?
- soheil 4y agoBecause a percentage makes so much more sense? And a percentage what would that exactly be?