The Doomsday Argument

December 9, 2019
18 min
Season 2019 - Episode 39: The Doomsday Argument

Season 2019 - Episode 39: The Doomsday Argument

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Overview

Since the dawn of humanity around 100 billion people have lived. How many will live in the future of our species? We might hope for a trillion times that if we colonize the galaxy. But a simple statistical argument tells us that the doom of our species is much, much closer.

Episode Information

TV Show

PBS Space Time

Season

Season 2019

Episode Number

39

Air Date

December 9, 2019

Runtime

18 minutes