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the overall point was that the planet has survived things that humans cannot survive. There were 5 or 6 mass extinctions. When peopme talk about the planet bei
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
the overall point was that the planet has survived things that humans cannot survive. There were 5 or 6 mass extinctions.
When peopme talk about the planet being destroyed, they usually mean for human life.
- TechBro8615 4y agoAnd my point was that neither climate change nor nuclear holocaust would be sufficient to cause a mass extinction on the scale of, say, that which eliminated the dinosaurs. In either case there will be plenty of humans remaining.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoand they will live short and unpleasant lives, like they did during the ice age
- TechBro8615 4y agoSeems like a pretty unfounded assumption. Why do you think all of our knowledge and sources of societal stabilization are embedded in the communities most vulnerable to natural disaster?