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What about the payoff of not going extinct if life on Earth gets wiped out by a commet or some other catastrophe?

• kristianc 7y ago
  Given the last mass extinction was 65 million years ago, this might count as premature optimization.
  • ken 7y ago
    "Last happened 65M years ago" is very different from "happens every 65M years", though. It only takes one impact to ruin your whole biosphere. It doesn't have to be a single cause, either. Some mass extinctions in our history are believed to have multiple causes, or be comprised of multiple smaller events. It must suck to live on earth in those periods, even before the overall event is complete. It's like how you want your wealth to be diversified in a sinking economy even before "A Recession!" is officially declared.
    • kristianc 7y ago
      > It's like how you want your wealth to be diversified in a sinking economy even before "A Recession!" is officially declared. An enormous, gigantic ‘Diversifying Wealth Tax’ would cause you to pause and assess though.
• apocalypstyx 7y ago
  You get to sit around and wait for the end of the universe. https://www.livescience.com/65299-how-will-the-universe-end.html https://www.livescience.com/65299-how-will-the-universe-end.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_fate_of_the_universe#Theories_about_the_end_of_the_universe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_fate_of_the_universe#...