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DanielLC comments on Anthropics doesn't explain why the Cold War stayed Cold - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: KnaveOfAllTrades 20 August 2014 07:23PM

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Comment author: DanielLC 21 August 2014 12:02:25AM 8 points [-]

I have a better example:

The universe is largely composed of empty space. If you pick a random point in the universe, it would most likely be in the middle of nowhere, with not a single star visible. The probability of a given point not just being in a galaxy, not just being in a star system, not just being at a planet, but actually being at the thing surface of this planet is miniscule. And yet, here we are.

But of course we're here. There's nothing in space to ask the question.

Comment author: DanArmak 22 August 2014 09:56:20PM 2 points [-]

There's nothing in space to ask the question.

Except for Boltzmann Brains.