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Old 13-December-2007, 12:14 AM
grant hutchison grant hutchison is offline
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Originally Posted by Chuck View Post
The fact that I was born recently instead of later doesn't mean there's less chance of there actually being a lot more people later. It's like drawing a ball from a 100 ball urn or a million ball urn and throwing it back if its number is higher than 100 and drawing again. If very few higher birth numbers than mine can be chosen now then it tells us nothing about how long humanity will last.
I'm pretty sure I don't understand what you're saying, here.
But I notice "typical year" is no longer mentioned. Have we reached a resolution on that?

Grant Hutchison
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