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by MattPalmer1086 1182 days ago
His argument is mostly sound. To say that all predictions of doom are wrong simply because all prior ones have been is a logical fallacy .

Sounding a warning is still useful even if the apocalypse doesn't happen in specific cases. It's better to be wrong about a lion being in the grass more often than you are right, if you value survival.