Anthropic shadow: observation selection effects and human extinction risks
We describe a significant practical consequence of taking anthropic biases into account in deriving predictions for rare stochastic catastrophic events. The risks associated with catastrophes such as asteroidal/cometary impacts, supervolcanic episodes, and explosions of supernovae/gamma-ray bursts a...
Main Authors: | Ćirković, M, Sandberg, A, Bostrom, N |
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Other Authors: | Society for Risk Analysis |
Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2010
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