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lydiaquayle
03/04/24 7:52:36 PM
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Or do you think we become the functional equivalent of a virus and just spread ourselves to the point of self-destruction?

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Kradek
03/04/24 7:53:23 PM
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Nah, we are definitely more likely to being the end of our species than natural causes. We're already in the process of it with regards to global warming.

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Zikten
03/04/24 7:56:20 PM
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I think if we could shed ourselves of religion, it would greatly increase our survival chances
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EDF-5
03/04/24 7:57:20 PM
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Nyope
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PeteyParker
03/04/24 7:57:35 PM
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I think the fact that it's a toss up if a game show conman with 91 criminal indictments who tried to overthrow the government because he lost may or may not become President in a few months is enough to show that no, we are not smart enough and we most likely deserve it.

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Xatrion
03/04/24 7:57:58 PM
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Zikten posted...
I think if we could shed ourselves of religion, it would greatly increase our survival chances

This, and also the filthy gop.

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lydiaquayle
03/04/24 7:59:49 PM
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Zikten posted...
I think if we could shed ourselves of religion, it would greatly increase our survival chances
I honestly don't think religion is the worst problem. I think that this human drive to compete and conquer is what might end us. I view humankind as a game of prisoners' dilemma. Would we rather sacrifice personal desire and triumph for mutual benefit, or betray each other and kill ourselves for the sake of personal glory?

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luigi33
03/04/24 8:00:52 PM
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Nope. Anyone believes humans will reach Star Trek levels of tech is fucking delusional. Bladerunner and Cyberpunk in general is and always has been the most realistic take on humanity's future. WH40k's "grim dark" also is very accurate in spirit not in technology.

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Zikten
03/04/24 8:06:17 PM
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luigi33 posted...
Nope. Anyone believes humans will reach Star Trek levels of tech is fucking delusional. Bladerunner and Cyberpunk in general is and always has been the most realistic take on humanity's future. WH40k's "grim dark" also is very accurate in spirit not in technology.
What about tech from the Aliens franchise? Able to transport to other star systems but using cryo sleep. Like people get frozen and wake up at a new planet 50 years later
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darkmaian23
03/04/24 8:13:46 PM
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PeteyParker posted...
I think the fact that it's a toss up if a game show conman with 91 criminal indictments who tried to overthrow the government because he lost may or may not become President in a few months is enough to show that no, we are not smart enough and we most likely deserve it.


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EPR-radar
03/04/24 8:16:27 PM
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The idea of space colonization when a sizable fraction of humanity (i.e. MAGAts) are wannabe Dr. Smiths (or worse) from the old Lost in Space show is absurd.

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Notti
03/07/24 6:39:27 AM
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If we make it off earth, I think there will be no limit.

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Sufferedphoenix
03/07/24 6:49:45 AM
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Our top minds are smart enough to come up with a plan to prevent extinction. Most lack the self control though

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Fluttershy
03/07/24 6:50:13 AM
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i think assuming we have our destiny in our own hands is probably a bit conceited. global catastrophe in the form of giant fucking space rock is a way we could easily go and not really have much of any say. some disease that really really likes us could form, too.

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Nukazie
03/07/24 6:51:14 AM
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Notti posted...
If we make it off earth, I think there will be no limit.
pretty sure the rockets we've made so far can only carry so much

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Notti
03/10/24 7:40:56 AM
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Nukazie posted...
pretty sure the rockets we've made so far can only carry so much

Not in the future though, and so much potential resources in space.

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PurpleOutsider
03/10/24 7:49:36 AM
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Do I think we have the ability to prevent an apocalypse? Yes. Do I think we will agree to actually prevent it? No. 2020 proved that.

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rexcrk
03/10/24 7:52:35 AM
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Is humankind smart or has enough self-control is prevent its own extinction?

I mean, you know were not and do not

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Lonestar2000
03/10/24 8:04:27 AM
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We're already fucked, civilization only has about 100 years left.

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cjsdowg
03/10/24 8:06:59 AM
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Covid should us that is a no

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StormSignal
03/10/24 8:31:36 AM
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:/

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hmnut7
03/10/24 8:39:58 AM
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Not even a little bit.

It is a miracle we've made it this far.

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wackyteen
03/10/24 8:44:54 AM
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No, we don't have the self control to prevent our own extinction.

We don't have enough self control to take $1 so we can make $10 tomorrow. Instead our greed demands we take the constant $5 because we're blinded by greed.

Greed has consumed us to the point of causing systemic uncontrollable issues and we're going to cause everything we've strive so hard to make worth something, to be worth nothing.

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Hejiru
03/10/24 9:06:24 AM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
We're already fucked, civilization only has about 100 years left.


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bluezero
03/10/24 9:06:34 AM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
We're already fucked, civilization only has about 100 years left.
I honestly think this every time someone announces they're having children.

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ellis123
03/13/24 1:23:43 AM
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Not a chance.

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Srk700
03/13/24 1:33:39 AM
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Definitely not in the US considering they were real close to having 8 years with a DnD lemure as president.
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Zwijn
03/13/24 1:39:23 AM
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Everything connected to the growth of civilization actively makes the planet worse for us and everything else. Instead of changing our behavior we are just doing it more, with more people all the time, with energy needs per person increasing. We are removing rules and regulations because they hamper economic growth. Racism and bigotry is increasing even in the civilized west. Pillarization was replaced by tribalism which is arguably worse. Now the EU was even told to prepare for war, Tusk said the time of peace is over. I think were fucked.
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wanderingshade
03/13/24 1:48:14 AM
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Nope

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Guide
03/13/24 2:32:47 AM
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It doesn't need to be smart or self-controlled enough as a whole. Mankind doesn't go extinct unless we can no longer reproduce, and it only takes a few people escaping to keep the species going.

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Dark_Arbron
03/13/24 2:40:24 AM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
We're already fucked, civilization only has about 100 years left.

bluezero posted...
I honestly think this every time someone announces they're having children.

Civilisation on a global scale, sure. But as said below-

Guide posted...
It doesn't need to be smart or self-controlled enough as a whole. Mankind doesn't go extinct unless we can no longer reproduce, and it only takes a few people escaping to keep the species going.

-the species wont die out entirely. Climate change will cause the deaths of billions, but that will also decrease carbon emissions, so eventually well hit equilibrium. Thats what nature does.

As a Cracked.com writer once put it, weve been on the brink of extinction before and bounced back because were very good at fucking.

Thats no consolation to those of us alive and in (relative) luxury right now, though.

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Zwijn
03/13/24 2:42:36 AM
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Dark_Arbron posted...
Civilisation on a global scale, sure. But as said below-

-the species wont die out entirely. Climate change will cause the deaths of billions, but that will also decrease carbon emissions, so eventually well hit equilibrium. Thats what nature does.

As a Cracked.com writer once put it, weve been on the brink of extinction before and bounced back because were very good at fucking.
I think when people say end of humanity they dont always mean the literal end of the species but an end to the way of life we have had for hundreds of thousands of years, especially when we fuck up the planet in ways that make survival hard.
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Turducken
03/13/24 2:54:59 AM
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I mean if our best and brightest were in charge and were listened to, I'd say sure, no problem. But for every best and brightest there's 20 or 30 or 40 greedy, stupid shitheads that somehow ended up in the position to be making decisions of any import. People that would gladly put their own comfort, not even survival, over hundreds of thousands of lives.

So no, we're quite fucked.

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Voidgolem
03/13/24 2:56:00 AM
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Yes. But there's going to be extended patches that cut it pretty close given the current management and I cannot imagine what the world will look like after those patches

It'd take like a surprise nuclear exchange or cosmological catastrophe to -actually- drive the number down below that point.

That said, would anyone truly want to live in a post-societal world? That's a different question I think

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