The self-referencing doomsday argument rebuttal is an attempt to refute the doomsday argument (that there is a credible link between the brevity of the human race's existence and its expected extinction) by applying the same reasoning to the lifetime of the doomsday argument itself. The first researchers to write about this were P. T. Landsberg and J. N. Dewynne in 1997; they applied belief in the doomsday argument to itself, and claimed that a paradox results. (Wikipedia).
Martin Rees - What is the Doomsday Argument?
The Copernican Principle asserts that humans are not special, that we should expect to find ourselves in an ordinary place or position. But if humanity continues for billions of years, we today would find ourselves extraordinarily early in human history. Click here to watch more interview
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Narcissism is the word we routinely use to describe someone self-satisfied and arrogant. But what do we really mean by the word – and are we applying it correctly? If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/YfXSQO Join our mailing list: http://bit.ly
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David Bentley Hart - Atheism's Best Arguments?
Free access Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/2UufzC7 Atheism fields two kinds of arguments denying the existence of God: arguments that refute so-called 'proofs' of God's existence and arguments that affirmatively support the truth claims of atheism. This first see
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Charles Harper - Atheism's Best Arguments?
Free access Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/2UufzC7 Atheism fields two kinds of arguments denying the existence of God: arguments that refute so-called 'proofs' of God's existence and arguments that affirmatively support the truth claims of atheism. This first see
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Michael Shermer - Atheism's Best Arguments?
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The idea of ‘atonement’ sounds very old-fashioned and is deeply rooted in religious tradition. To atone means, in essence, to acknowledge one’s capacity for wrongness and one’s readiness for apology and desire for change. It’s a concept that every society needs at its center. For gifts and
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J.L. Schellenberg - Atheism's Best Arguments?
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Susan Blackmore - Atheism's Best Arguments?
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Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #83
Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at University of Oxford and the director of the Future of Humanity Institute. He has worked on fascinating and important ideas in existential risks, simulation hypothesis, human enhancement ethics, and the risks of superintelligent AI systems, including in his
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Alister McGrath - Atheism's Best Arguments?
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Do Black Holes Create New Universes?
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What is the Doomsday Argument? | Episode 1602 | Closer To Truth
Have we underestimated the risks of global catastrophe and human extinction? There is an odd argument that claims to justify End of the World worries with raw statistics. Featuring interviews with John Leslie, J. Richard Gott III, Nick Bostrom, and Martin Rees. Season 16, Episode 2 - #Clo
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DEFCON 18: An Examination of the Adequacy of the Laws Related to Cyber Warfare 3/3
Speaker: Dondi West This paper argues that the current rules of war are adequate for addressing the unique issues that are encountered as a result of conducting and defending against cyber warfare. The author begins by giving a survey of the laws that have the biggest impact on cyber wa
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Bear-size Aliens - Science on the Web #113
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Religion and the Practice of American Parenting
We live in an age where there seems to be no higher moral imperatives than those associated with parenting. At the same time that there has been a decline in religious orthodoxy, the expectations of what it means to be a parent have become more orthodox. Not that more parents are religious
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Rails Conf 2013 Testing Complex Systems: Creating data and limiting scope by Noel Rappin
In this workshop, we'll focus on two specific problems that plague testing complex systems: how do I create useful test data, and how do I limit my test to only the part of the system that I want tested. We'll cover data creation tools like factories and fixtures. We will also talk about h
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