John_Maxwell_IV comments on Other Existential Risks - Less Wrong

32 Post author: multifoliaterose 17 August 2010 09:24PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 19 August 2010 08:45:02PM 6 points [-]

It's true that the idea that the world might end is a meme with an interesting history and interesting properties. I'm not sure those interesting properties shed much light on whether the meme is true or not.