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> Humans are definitely the best species this planet has ever produced (that we know of). It’s certainly the most solipsistic… and, likely not coincidentally,

> Humans are definitely the best species this planet has ever produced (that we know of). It’s certainly the most solipsistic… and, likely not coincidentally, it’s the only one that has developed the capacity to make the entire planet functionally uninhabitable to its own species. Also tardigrades will definitely outlast the human species… as will rats, cockroaches, and those mouth-less tube worms that cluster around deep sea vents… the only question is how soon will they have outlasted us?

moomoo11 4y ago
I don’t see rats sending devices outside the solar system nor do I see roaches developing modern medicine or heavy industry. We are the best product made on earth and just because some of us are assholes doesn’t mean all of us are. Of all the species so far we have the most potential. Humans surviving would be a way more valuable proposition than some rodents who cannibalize each other because they don’t know any better. We will nuke each other but at least we were able to also develop so much more positive things too. And thankfully there are way more awesome and good people in the world. Just leadership is wack lol.
- yawpitch 4y ago
  “We” aren’t products, we’re accidents; accidents that, oddly, once looked very much like rats — implying that today’s rats have at least as much potential as today’s humans, should the humans in their ignorance and stupidity clear the path for them — and we _still_ spend a great deal of time cannibalizing each other because we don’t know any better… and though we are indeed capable of great things we are equally if not more capable of terrible things, and history — not to mention the brutally delusional sense of self-importance inherent in thinking we’re the best bet the earth’s made — does not imply the balance remaining on the great side for long.

moomoo11 4y ago

I don’t see rats sending devices outside the solar system nor do I see roaches developing modern medicine or heavy industry. We are the best product made on earth and just because some of us are assholes doesn’t mean all of us are. Of all the species so far we have the most potential. Humans surviving would be a way more valuable proposition than some rodents who cannibalize each other because they don’t know any better. We will nuke each other but at least we were able to also develop so much more positive things too. And thankfully there are way more awesome and good people in the world. Just leadership is wack lol.

yawpitch 4y ago
“We” aren’t products, we’re accidents; accidents that, oddly, once looked very much like rats — implying that today’s rats have at least as much potential as today’s humans, should the humans in their ignorance and stupidity clear the path for them — and we _still_ spend a great deal of time cannibalizing each other because we don’t know any better… and though we are indeed capable of great things we are equally if not more capable of terrible things, and history — not to mention the brutally delusional sense of self-importance inherent in thinking we’re the best bet the earth’s made — does not imply the balance remaining on the great side for long.