Self Sampling Assumption (was: my objection to the Doomsday argument)

From: Ramez Naam (mez@apexnano.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 19:36:32 MDT

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    From: gts [mailto:gts_2000@yahoo.com]
    > If SSA is
    > false then DA fails immediately, but then so do a lot of
    > common sense ideas that we take as obvious fact. And therein
    > lies the rub.

    So what is there to support the Self Sampling Assumption?

    In particular, what is there to support the assumption that you are a
    random sample from a population that includes *future* sentients not
    yet born?

    mez

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