In an anthropically selected world one would expect to see some conspicuous coincidences—especially related to events and people that are highly counterfactual. Most events are not highly counterfactual. How this or that person lived and died—for the grand course of history it didn’t matter.
A small group of individuals plausibly did change the course of history, at least somewhat. Unfortunately, it seems it much more likely to be counterfactually impactful by being very evil than being very good. It is easier to break things and easier murder en masse than to save en masse.
No fewer than 42 plots to kill Adolf Hitler have been uncovered by historians. The true number is likely higher due to an unknown number of undocumented cases. Overwhelmingly these were serious murder plots by high-ranking military officials, resistance fighters or clever lone wolfs. In other words—these could have been succesful...
In an anthropically selected world one would expect to see some conspicuous coincidences—especially related to events and people that are highly counterfactual. Most events are not highly counterfactual. How this or that person lived and died—for the grand course of history it didn’t matter.
A small group of individuals plausibly did change the course of history, at least somewhat. Unfortunately, it seems it much more likely to be counterfactually impactful by being very evil than being very good. It is easier to break things and easier murder en masse than to save en masse.
No fewer than 42 plots to kill Adolf Hitler have been uncovered by historians. The true number is likely higher due to an unknown number of undocumented cases. Overwhelmingly these were serious murder plots by high-ranking military officials, resistance fighters or clever lone wolfs. In other words—these could have been succesful...
How does the point about Hitler murder plots connect to the point about anthropics?
In a more peaceful world the science advanced faster and the AI already killed us?