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I find the idea that we're alone depressing and even more reason to worry about our future. If we're the universe's only shot at recording/appreciating/explorin
by macintux 5y ago
I find the idea that we're alone depressing and even more reason to worry about our future. If we're the universe's only shot at recording/appreciating/exploring/colonizing it, and we blow that shot, that seems like an incredible waste.
- seibelj 5y agoIf we are the first ever, it can happen again. And the universe doesn’t know waste from utility anymore than we can judge who is correct about time-well-spent. We are all independent observers, and to something as long and uncaring as the universe, things just are. Becoming comfortable with death was a multi year process for me. But one thing that helped was considering the universe and how time is not treated the way the human mind does.
- ravi-delia 5y agoIf we're alone, I'd expect it to be because of our youth. Until the time of the solar system's creation, heavy elements really weren't that common. It would be surprising, but not crazy, if we were the first.
- duxup 5y agoReminds me of this episode of Star Trek TNG https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ancient_humanoid https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ancient_humanoid The speech seemed very sad in a way.
- GoblinSlayer 5y agoThat's the age of life, not humans. Humans could easily appear a million years earlier.
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