The doomsday argument

In a recent paper in this journal, Ken Olum attempts to refute the Doomsday argument by appealing to the self-indication assumption (SIA), the idea that your very existence gives you reason to think that there are many observers

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'2012': The disaster filmgoers can't wait to happen -- latim

There's spirited debate about whether the ancient Maya calendar really predicts much of anything, particularly the world's end in three years. But there's little argument in Hollywood about the accuracy of an even more significant doomsday forecast: “2012” is going to be a blockbuster.

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Wheels: The Sky Is Falling … Again

Automakers are griping that a reinstatement of California's greenhouse-gas emissions regulations could spell doomsday for the industry. Haven't we heard that argument before?

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NATO's Doomsday Seed Vault in the Arctic

Officially the project is named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Scientists connected with the project are roaming the world to collect samples of every seed variety known, using the fraudulent argument of protecting against Global Warming. The implications are potentially more dangerous than the threat of nuclear war.

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