The End Quotes

“he argues that the difference between 99% and 100% of humanity perishing is far greater than the difference between 1% and 99% of humanity kicking the bucket.21”
― Phil Torres, The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Apocalypse

“Using figure B, we can stipulate that an existential risk is equivalent to (i) all red-dot catastrophes, and (ii) any black-dot catastrophe that significantly compromises human well-being.*”
― Phil Torres, The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Apocalypse

“Indeed, it’s epistemology that makes the difference between being alarmed and being an alarmist, two attitudes often confused in public debates about big-picture risks like global warming.*”
― Phil Torres, The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Apocalypse