Richard Gott

Richard Gott is a physicist and cosmologist known for developing methods to estimate the duration or timing of events based on their current observations. His "copernican principle" approach suggests that, with some probability, we are typical observers, allowing us to make predictions about how long events might last or when they started, given what we see now. For example, if you find yourself at a random point during a process, Gott's method helps estimate how much longer it may continue or how long it has been ongoing, based on the current state and statistical reasoning.