A refutation of the doomsday argument

Mind

Volumn 107, Issue 426, 1998, Pages 403-410

  Korb, Kevin B ^a   Oliver, Jonathan J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ultimode Systems LLC   (United States)

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EID: 52849114173     PISSN: 00264423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mind/107.426.403     Document Type: Article

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