In the second case, the easy answer is, “How often do diseases wipe out other species?” That is, when possible, calibrate possibilities against similar events that don’t involve anthropic questions. Our disease model tends to hold quite effectively for animals whose extinction would be harmless or even beneficial from the anthropic perspective.
In the second case, the easy answer is, “How often do diseases wipe out other species?” That is, when possible, calibrate possibilities against similar events that don’t involve anthropic questions. Our disease model tends to hold quite effectively for animals whose extinction would be harmless or even beneficial from the anthropic perspective.