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Sure - could it equally be argued that minds created the problems we need minds to solve? Seems circular.

• rxhernandez 6y ago
  No, not equally argued. We didn't put asteroids into motion that can destroy the earth's ability to sustain human life. I'm sure you could infinitely fill a list of things we have no control over that could make humans extinct.
  • torwayburger 6y ago
    Agreed. Those are non human events. I was literally referring to all the human activity that could end in extinction, though.
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    • baddox 6y ago
      Forced stagnation might be able to effectively eliminate human-caused extinction, but you still have to worry about the external extinction events (like changes in solar output, or asteroids, or supernovae). But without stagnation, yes, you have the human-caused problems to worry about, but you also have people working to solve those problems, as well as people working to solve the external problems.