- Methodology, Observation (educational method), Anthropic principle, Selectivity (Psychology)
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Cool, spare, contemporary and earnest.
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Nick Bostrom
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 232
- Publisher
- Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781136711008
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