gwern comments on Open Thread, Aug. 22 - 28, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: linkhyrule5 28 August 2016 06:06:02PM 1 point [-]

So there's a post that was written, geez, about three years back, about the estimated risk of a catastrophe from an anthropic perspective. I forget most of the logic (or I'd've found it myself), but one of the conclusions was that from the perspective of an observer who requires a "miracle" to exist, miracles seem to occur at approximately evenly spaced intervals. Does anyone remember which post I'm talking about?

Comment author: gwern 28 August 2016 08:02:10PM 4 points [-]
Comment author: linkhyrule5 28 August 2016 08:17:11PM 1 point [-]

There we go. No wonder I couldn't find it, it wasn't on LessWrong, and also a lot older than three years. Thanks!