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The idea that humanity is the only civilization in the entire universe strikes me as the absolute height of human arrogance.
by squigz 1y ago
The idea that humanity is the only civilization in the entire universe strikes me as the absolute height of human arrogance.
- kulahan 1y agoLots of things seem arrogant to lots of people, but without some logical basis, it's worth ignoring.
- pfdietz 1y agoThis is an ad hominem argument. It attacks a position not because it's wrong, but because if you advance it you're a bad person.
- squigz 1y agoNot really. An ad hominem argument would be more like calling GP an idiot for thinking it should be "trivial" to find civilizations in the universe, but I wouldn't do that.
- pfdietz 1y agoYes really. It attacks a position for being arrogant, even if it's correct. What else could this be except an attempt to bully people who might claim this into silence? You may not have realized, or allowed yourself to realize, that you were doing that.