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Jul 13Liked by Bentham's Bulldog

Sometimes I think you write articles just as an excuse to quote Tom Lehrer...

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Yes, that is probably true. Still the almost 80 years without nuclear war are so incredible that UFOs, “we live in a simulation”, anthropics and God’s will are relatively sensible arguments.

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Now, what are your antropics for this? Are we living in a low probability branch of an Everett world, where we survive nukes 78 years?

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/6j6qgNa3uGmzJEMoN/artificial-intelligence-as-exit-strategy-from-the-age-of

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The problem with viewing it through the lens of the anthropic principle is that nuclear war, while it would kill a lot of people, wouldn't wipe out the human species. Depending on the specific scenario, probably wouldn't even be half the population.

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