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Honestly, I'm not sure our species deserves a future if we lay waste to an entire planet and make it uninhabitable for ourselves (something which we seem to hav
by joesmo 11y ago
Honestly, I'm not sure our species deserves a future if we lay waste to an entire planet and make it uninhabitable for ourselves (something which we seem to have already set in motion). What's to stop us from doing so to any other planet we colonize? Or, more pertinently, what's the point of preserving the human race if the only outcome is planetary destruction?
I'm not trying to be dreary, but I do think Hawking is completely wrong on this point, not to mention its feasibility in the next 100 years.
- kayoone 11y agoI am also sure we do not really deserve it, but we also can't stop our own urge for self preservation which is fundamental to every species. So we can't really stop it anyway, but we as a species might eliminate ourselves before any meanigful progress on space colonization can be made, for better or worse. The universe certainly wouldn't care.
- joesmo 11y agoTrue. I just think there's more we can do here on Earth for this purpose. Yes, some problems are inevitable, but as a whole species we haven't yet done anything to destroy all life.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoWho cares if we destroy another planet? I mean, I'm also appalled by what we're doing on this one, but say we all decide to curl up and die, saving countless planets from our interference. Who's going to care? Universe will go on, and so far there's no evidence that there are other beings like us, who could reflect on themselves and the state of the world they live in. We may not be the centre of the universe, but it is still ours for the taking, we're the only Player Characters around. There's no point in making honourable self-sacrifice when there won't be anyone to appreciate it.