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Seth Baum's 'organization', Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, is highly suspect.

If you go to their site and read about their supposed published papers,

…you'll notice that they haven't actually been published yet.
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On his 'newsletters' you'll notice there is only one comment on any of the newsletters,

…and it's a comment from him saying he's the head of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute.

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You can go all in on his writing if you choose, but looking at his site should give you pause.
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