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But there a lot of decisions like that. 1. If we don't invest in SETI aliens could come and wipe us out; seems like a bad bet to make we should fund set at 10
by dantheman 17y ago
But there a lot of decisions like that.
1. If we don't invest in SETI aliens could come and wipe us out; seems like a bad bet to make we should fund set at 10000%
2. We need better protection from asteroids one could wipe us out; we need to tax every human being @ 80 % to build a giant defense network.
3. There could be a disease that wipes out the human race we need to increase the amount of spending on health care... etc etc
Looking at the extreme edges with out an idea of probabilities is an easy way to get confused.
- crystalis 17y agoI'd say you've gone wrong twice, here. You have included problems (with unusual "solutions") with probabilities on hugely different magnitudes on the same list, and presumed that every problem is equally soluble. Global warming has a reasonable probability distribution and a very feasible solution. Compare that to hostile aliens with the ability to travel from the far reaches of undetectability to Earth- the technology gulf would be impossible to overcome.