doomsday argument
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[edit]- A probabilistic argument that claims to predict the future population of the human species based on an estimation of the number of humans born to date.
- 2002, John Leslie, The End of the World: The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction[1], Routledge, →ISBN:
- Even if it ran only rather roughly, though, the doomsday argument could have considerable importance. In particular, it might throw severe doubt on the theory that the human race will very probably survive for many thousand years.
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