I think the issue with the Doomsday argument is its claim that each of us is equally likely to find ourselves at any position n of the total population N. As I said here, we're not disembodied souls that are randomly placed inside any one of the human bodies which will ever live. — Michael
I also pointed out that I think there is a problem with the doomsday argument on page one. — Echarmion
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