Like, we’re destroying the one place we know is a sure bet on where we can prosper if we keep it healthy, but instead the world’s richest man is trying to expand to other planets while this one’s ability to sustain life is in jeopardy. IMO that makes us potentially a very stupid species compared to a species that doesn’t really care about meeting other aliens because they value the life on their own planet far more than we do.
haha dude, error #1. we can do everything right and still be toast if all our eggs are in this one fucking basket. the universe is a big place and the earth is a very small, vulnerable one.
No truly cataclysmic events occurred in the last millions of years, so we’re probably safe enough.
Fucking up the planet in an anthropogenic way is clearly a bigger concern, and launching giant stuff into space contributes to that.
In other words, maybe later it could be worth it, but only if we solve the problems right here. Otherwise, we won’t make it there, either.
Just because nothing happened so far, doesn’t mean nothing will happen in the future. Just look at some of the volcanoes we have around. They may lay dormant for millennia, until they don’t. Same principle for pretty much everything this universe has to offer. It’s safe until it suddenly isn’t.
Also, we have several billion people on this planet. I think we can handle tackling multiple problems at once.
With our current understanding, the universe is a vulnerable place. Heat death of the universe may be a thing that’s inescapable.
may or may not be. i’ve had long discussions about that with people. i struggle to get a clear answer from people. everybody gives evasive answers.
Evasive answers like “we really can’t know what will happen in billions of years”? xD
no, more like a general unwillingness to properly discuss this. like, even if we could know it, we wouldn’t be talking about it because people just don’t care.