AMA | September 2024

6962.023 - 6986.725 Sean Carroll

The one possible counterexample would be—possible counterexample—would be if we were somehow in equilibrium, right? If somehow there was some feature of humanity where every generation was more or less indistinguishable from the previous generation. Then within that equilibrium era, if there was a finite number of people, you might have some justification for choosing that as your reference class.