What is the Doomsday Argument? (Nick Bostrom)

Name: What is the Doomsday Argument? (Nick Bostrom)
Uploaded: 2010-06-11T19:52:13+00:00
Duration: 12 min 5 s
Channel: arlind boshnjaku
Description: Rarely does philosophy produce empirical predictions. The Doomsday argument is an important exception. From seemingly trivial premises it seeks to show that the risk that humankind will go extinct soon has been systematically underestimated.

arlind boshnjaku

16 years ago

Rarely does philosophy produce empirical predictions. The Doomsday argument is an important exception. From seemingly trivial premises it seeks to show that the risk that humankind will go extinct soon has been systematically underestimated.