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To: MtnClimber

Something natural this way comes.

I heard a decade or so ago that the number of people on Earth today is approx equal to the total number of people who have existed through the ages.

One could even predict accurately that Earth will be hit by a devastating asteroid, and over the Millennia/eons actually be correct!

So, I make this prediction: Earth will be hit by a devastating asteroid, perhaps causing another Extinction Event.

The same type of prediction could be made concerning geologic events and one would not be incorrect.

I’m on record.


7 posted on 11/06/2021 4:27:09 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Clutch Martin
One could even predict accurately that Earth will be hit by a devastating asteroid, and over the Millennia/eons actually be correct!

I believe that you are referencing the "Anthropic Principle" and/or "Anthropic Bias" - and perhaps even specifically to Nick Bostrom's paper titled "Are You Living in a Simulation."

https://www.simulation-argument.com/simulation.html

Regards,

12 posted on 11/06/2021 5:17:16 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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