Re:A Primer on the Doomsday Argument
by protonfish on Monday August 18, 2014 @02:08PM
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> The last step is to transpose these results to our actual situation here on Earth
Yeah, that's the trick, isn't it? Is the metaphor truly valid? This how philosophers differ from scientists: they see no need to test their hypothesis with real-world measurement. This is also why philosophy needs to go the way of alchemy and astrology - as an amusing but archaic belief.
Yeah, that's the trick, isn't it? Is the metaphor truly valid? This how philosophers differ from scientists: they see no need to test their hypothesis with real-world measurement. This is also why philosophy needs to go the way of alchemy and astrology - as an amusing but archaic belief.