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We somehow managed to survive nuclear weapons (so far). But imagine things as simple as a pathogen or invasive species from space the kind of mess it will creat
by kyriakos 6y ago
We somehow managed to survive nuclear weapons (so far). But imagine things as simple as a pathogen or invasive species from space the kind of mess it will create when a year later covid is still not under control.
- simonh 6y agoI’m not scared of space bugs. Bear in mind from its perspective, Earth life are the space bugs. There’s no reason to assume the space bug will win. In fact it’s very unlikely. On Earth we have a planet full of the results of 4bn years of competitive evolution. Put that against one single species resulting from evolution. The chances are at least one species on Earth will eat its lunch. Furthermore Earth life is customs tuned to the Earth environment, but the space bug is most likely optimised for a different environment.