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Manfred comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Manfred 13 July 2013 09:21:41PM -2 points [-]

all attempts to refute it have so far failed.

Well. The claims that it's relevant to our current information state have been refuted pretty well.

Comment author: drnickbone 13 July 2013 11:25:43PM 3 points [-]

Citation needed (please link to a refutation).

Comment author: Manfred 14 July 2013 01:25:23AM 1 point [-]

I'm not aware of any really good treatments. I can link to myself claiming that I'm right, though. :D

I think there may be a selection effect - once the doomsday argument seems not very exciting, you're less likely to talk about it.

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