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> we have evolved to perceive everything that can possibly threaten us and that includes aliens This argument is comical because it contains two components tha
by indymike 4y ago
> we have evolved to perceive everything that can possibly threaten us and that includes aliens
This argument is comical because it contains two components that are exactly the sort of thing that blunts perception: arrogance and absolutes.
- still_grokking 4y agoNothing new here. People always thought they already know "everything that's important" and "only a few details are missing". We, as a species, are quite arrogant and entitled to our perceived "large knowledge". That's why real progress is so slow even "things are obvious"—at least afterwards.