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And it was only a matter of time before the arrogant comments came out. I would not be so sure of humanaty's ability to avoid extinction if we continue on the p
by riffic 5y ago
And it was only a matter of time before the arrogant comments came out. I would not be so sure of humanaty's ability to avoid extinction if we continue on the path we've charted.
- poetically 5y agoWhat's arrogant about what I wrote?
- sonicanatidae 5y agoYour assumption that humans will be reasonable enough to not kill themselves, in the name of profit.
- poetically 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29421577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29421577
- riffic 5y agoYour arrogance is in the timescale your assumption operates in and not seeing the interdependence between man, nature, and unknowns. This is incredibly arrogant. I'm not using the word in the pejorative sense (I'm not calling you names), but in one that's better described as hubris.
- poetically 5y agoAwful lot of assumptions you're making there. One might even say it's arrogant and hubristic.
- riffic 5y agofair. I may have been intending to reply to another comment, on second read. Sorry about singling yours out.