The Doomsday Calculation by William Poundstone

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/57365 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Doomsday Calculation Author: William Poundstone Narrator: Kyle Tait Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins Release date: 10-15-19 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 60 ratings Genres: Mathematics Publisher's Summary: In the 18th century, the British minister and mathematician Thomas Bayes devised a theorem that allowed him to assign probabilities to events that had never happened before. It languished in obscurity for centuries until computers came along and made it easy to crunch the numbers. Now, as the foundation of big data, Bayes's formula has become a linchpin of the digital economy. But here's where things get interesting: Bayes's theorem can also be used to lay odds on the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence, and on the biggest question of all: how long will humanity survive?