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The first person to discover the result was astrophysicist [[Brandon Carter]], and it was later published by philosopher [[John Leslie]], a prolific author on the subject <ref> Leslie, J. , 1996, The End of the World, Routledge </ref>. Versions of the Doomsday argument have also been independently discovered by other authors. In recent years, there have been numerous papers trying to refute the argument, and an approximately equal number of papers refuting these refutations.<ref> See for example: [[Nick Bostrom]]'s summary on [http://www.anthropic-principle.com/primer1.html] </ref>

The first person to discover the result was astrophysicist [[Brandon Carter]], and it was later published by philosopher [[John Leslie]], a prolific author on the subject <ref> Leslie, J. , 1996, The End of the World, Routledge </ref>. Versions of the Doomsday argument have also been independently discovered by other authors. In recent years, there have been numerous papers trying to refute the argument, and an approximately equal number of papers refuting these refutations.<ref> See for example: [[Nick Bostrom]]'s summary on [http://www.anthropic-principle.com/primer1.html] </ref>