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by andrewclunn 3744 days ago
That's the point, from the individual's perspective the correct prediction is completely contrary to that from the species' perspective based on this approach.
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Right. So you, the individual reading the article and posting on HN, should expect to live among one of the more populous species of life in the universe.

e: Maybe you are implicitly assuming that the workflow for "determining" who you are born as goes: 1. pick a random species 2. pick a random individual in that species. But it's more like: 1. pick a random individual.