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> we find a substantial {\em ex ante} probability of there being no other intelligent life in our observable universe This is very sobering to read if true. I
by JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
> we find a substantial {\em ex ante} probability of there being no other intelligent life in our observable universe
This is very sobering to read if true. It’s all on us. Life is even more precious than we thought and every human life extinguished even more of a loss to the universe. If we could only band together and see this.
- bloak 5y agoExcept that human life is causing many other species to be extinguished here on Earth so perhaps it would be better for the universe if humans would go extinct, in a gradual and humane way: see vhemt.org.
- avery-dawn 5y agoIt would also mean humans are the only species that has potential to spread life throughout the stars. I agree with JohnJamesRambo that we should see how precious human lives are.
- userulluipeste 5y agovhemt.org = The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement I imagine that people attracted to this movement to either stay true to the "voluntary" aspect and pay with genetic demise for their mental susceptibility, or realize that their movement will be never manage to voluntarily attract the number of people necessary for movement's "success" and at some point look for more effective ways of achieving the said human extinction. Anyway, this is next level kind of awkward stuff.
- mrkramer 5y agoNo specie on this planet can go extinct voluntarily that's not how Biology works. Life on Earth is exactly opposite meaning survival, reproduction and evolution as core rules.
- lolsal 5y agoI would argue that a species going extinct is neither good nor bad, so neither better nor worse. This applies to the human species, as well as others.