The 'Doomsday Argument' and Ecological Catastrophe

Richard Michael Blaber

No ne2z9, SocArXiv from Center for Open Science

Abstract: The so-called ‘Doomsday Argument’ of Carter, Nielsen, Leslie, Gott, and Bostrom is examined, in conjunction with attempts to refute it, in relation to the real-world prospects of catastrophic climate and environmental change, and loss of biodiversity. If the late James Lovelock was right in his hypothesis that the biosphere is protected by a ‘Gaia’ self-defence mechanism, humans may well face extinction precisely because they constitute a threat to the survival of the biosphere.

Date: 2022-08-11
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