From: Doug Bailey (Doug.Bailey@ey.com)
Date: Wed Aug 12 1998 - 09:34:26 MDT
If you really want some scary rationalize eschatological
thinking, try "The End of the World: The Science and Ethics
of Human Extinction". The book describes the Doomsday Argument
which basically states "we're a young species and odds are we're
going to off ourselves." Surprisingly, the argument grounds
itself in Bayesian reasoning and has been stubbornly immune to
attempts to invalidate its methodology, premise, or conclusion.
Doug Bailey
doug.bailey@ey.com
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