The 1960 Doomsday Equation That Predicts Infinite Population on Nov 13, 2026
csvoss · x · 2026-11-11
csvoss walks through the famous 1960 von Foerster "Doomsday" paper: the authors added a productivity term for human collaboration and technological progress to the standard logistic population model, and the resulting differential equation — which suspiciously matches historical log-log data — diverges to infinity on November 13, 2026. The author also admits to a mysterious old Google Calendar event titled "Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026" linking only to the paper.
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