Harbingers of Doom – Part X: Summary and Addendum
This is the final installment in a ten-part critical review of the book Here Be Dragons, written by mathematical statistician
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Harbingers of Doom – Part IX: The Pseudoscience Question
Is cryonics unfalsifiable and uses an excessive amount of ad hoc maneuvers? Why are proponents of existential risk research relatively
Read moreHarbingers of Doom – Part VIII: Existential Risk and Pascal’s Wager
Can we neglect issues such as global warming because most of the negative consequences occur in the future? Is abortion
Read moreHarbingers of Doom – Part VII: Aliens and Space
Should we be shocked and dumbfounded by the absence of an intergalactic alien civilization? Or is the lack of evidence
Read moreHarbingers of Doom – Part VI: Doomsday Predictions
Can you prove that we are in the last few millennia of human existence based on a statistical argument alone,
Read moreHarbingers of Doom – Part V: Botching Philosophy of Science
Previously, we have dealt with a broad range of issues such as the intricate details about medieval maps, biological weapons
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