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God I can't stand Nick Bostrom. I think the great filter is definitely ahead of us, but I'm not so terrified by the implications of this (or so interested in b
by ohazi 6y ago
God I can't stand Nick Bostrom.
I think the great filter is definitely ahead of us, but I'm not so terrified by the implications of this (or so interested in being a pompous contrarian) that I'm moved to bury my head in the sand and publicly hope for stupid things.
I hope we find current or ancient life on Mars, Europa, etc. because that would be interesting and exciting.
It would bring no more additional existential dread than looking outside at your fellow idiot humans.
Life is hard, and we're probably all going to die. Get over it. We can still hope to find interesting things while we're around to enjoy them.
- codezero 6y agoI'm not even sure who Nick Bostrom is, but thanks for your comment, it stands on its own :)
- jules-jules 6y agoIn case you were serious, Nick Bostrom is a philosopher with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence. He is a Professor at Oxford University, where he leads the Future of Humanity Institute as its founding director.
- codezero 6y agoYep I was, and thanks for doing emotional labor for me, I probably wouldn’t have bothered googling him :)
- camelNotation 6y ago"probably" No, you ARE going to die.
- xral 6y agoTo be honest, actively hoping for evidence of our extinction is much more contrarian than this piece.