No. Assuming this specific paper's thesis, that is the conclusion. There exist other arguments not based on this specific paper's thesis. Of those, I find plau

No. Assuming this specific paper's thesis, that is the conclusion. There exist other arguments not based on this specific paper's thesis. Of those, I find plausible the observation that as we tame the world to suit us, we shrink. Cities, civilization, supermarkets, products, TV, internet. By this trend, we'll live in dream terranes before long. (BTW as people get richer, reproduction gets less). But we'll need power, and eventually a dyson sphere to capture all the sun's light - perfect for an inward-looking, closed-off people! Then what, I'm not sure. Perhaps long before that, we won't need other suns; we'll have artificial suns (controlled fusion). That's what happens to everyone else: as they grow in technological sophistication, they get better and better at directly meeting their own (previously evolved) needs.