Russell K. Standish<\/a>
\nAnthropic reasoning is a form of statistical reasoning based upon finding oneself a member of a particular reference class of conscious beings. By considering empirical distribution functions defined over animal life on Earth, we can deduce that the vast bulk of animal life is unlikely to be conscious. As a side effect of these deliberations, I also show that naturally occurring fragmentation\/coalescence processes give rise to a power law distribution of fragment sizes, a previously unknown mechanism for generating power laws.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another checkmark in front of the “antrhopic reasoning is whack”: arXiv:0802.4121 Title: Ants are not Conscious Authors: Russell K. Standish Anthropic reasoning is a form of statistical reasoning based upon finding oneself a member of a particular reference class of conscious beings. By considering empirical distribution functions defined over animal life on Earth, we can … <\/p>\n
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