Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Open Thread, Sept 5. - Sept 11. 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 09 September 2016 07:50:09PM 0 points [-]

On the other hand fear of and end of the world (as they knew it) seems to be not unlikely at any time.

Creating reference classes as small as you like is easy. But the predictive power diminishes accordingly...

Comment author: hairyfigment 09 September 2016 09:16:57PM 0 points [-]

Double negatives exist to help hide what you're saying. If it's somewhat likely, show me a single clear example that predates Christianity. The story of Noah says such a flood will never happen again. The Kali Yuga was supposed to last more than 400000 years.