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Call me an anthropomorphic narcissist, but I can barely manage concern for my descendants a hundred years from now, much less the carbon-based morlocks scamperi
by jimmyvalmer 5y ago
Call me an anthropomorphic narcissist, but I can barely manage concern for my descendants a hundred years from now, much less the carbon-based morlocks scampering around a hundred thousand years from now.
- tehjoker 5y agoWhile it seems likely life is located elsewhere in the universe, it seems to me we should be good stewards of the one little mote of dust where we know for sure it exists.
- jimmyvalmer 5y agoI don't have a particularly good grip on how long a million years is, but I suspect it's still better than yours. A million years is less than a week in the Earth's lifetime. The virus of humanity can do its darnedest but the planet isnt going to remember a mild cold.