By the way, for anyone who wants to learn more about the whole issue of the
"self-sampling assumption" in general, I recommend this website:
http://www.anthropic-principle.com/
The author of the site, Nick Bostrom, (who I think is a member of this list,
or used to be) also wrote a whole book on the subject titled "Anthropic
Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy". I haven't
picked it up yet because of the steep price, but I'm gonna have to get it
one of these days.
Jesse
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Received on Wed Nov 05 2003 - 17:23:10 PST