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Topic: Hawking asks a question on Yahoo Answers
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arborman
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posted 13 July 2006 09:22 AM
quote: Originally posted by Noise: My answers on there somewhere:"The assumption Humans are intended to survive the next hundred years is flawed"
I guess I'd say the assumptiont that humans are intended at all is flawed. No higher powers are involved here - it's up to us to make our own choices and live with the consequences. Personally, I'd like humans to survive the next hundred years. I'd like to to happen as the result of a careful ecological and social sustainability ethos, which could yet arise as a result of the nonsense that is currently happening.
From: I'm a solipsist - isn't everyone? | Registered: Aug 2003
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otter
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posted 13 July 2006 10:45 AM
quote: "The assumption Humans are intended to survive the next hundred years is flawed"
I concur. Geological history tells us that there have been more than a few species that have were killed off because they were unable to adapt to changes in their environemt. So why shouldn't human beings face the same consequences when they exhaust the environmental resources they require to sustain themselves? Personally, i favour an end to the human sapiens. Time and time again they have proven to be both unable and unwilling to curtail their own avarice and arrogance. Good riddance to them all.
From: agent provocateur inc. | Registered: Feb 2006
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arborman
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posted 13 July 2006 11:12 AM
quote: Originally posted by otter:
Personally, i favour an end to the human sapiens. Time and time again they have proven to be both unable and unwilling to curtail their own avarice and arrogance. Good riddance to them all.
I find that idea appalling. Some humans are greedy and destructive, many others aren't. It's not often you hear a so-called progressive advocating mass genocide. I favour finding a way to fix our problems - which include avarice and arrogance. It amazes me how easily people give up trying in favour of smug dismissal, even when it means genocide by inaction. I guess it makes them feel smart or something.
From: I'm a solipsist - isn't everyone? | Registered: Aug 2003
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Frustrated Mess
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posted 13 July 2006 06:05 PM
quote: Actually its more like mass suicide
Precisley. I know many of you think I am a hopeless pessimistic, and you are right. But the simple fact remains that consumer culture is highly destructive and ultimately fatal. And the human race will not be persuaded to surrender shopping. You know, I seen a TV ad the other day. A mother was packing away an inhaler, air bottle and other paraphenilia for asthma victims. It was a commerical produced by an asthma agency of some sort and the message was you can't be too prepared. It occured to me the ad represented the beginning of normalization of respiratory illness. Rather than clear the air, we will just buy more products. And more products require more resources. Just think, a generation ago kids were chased out of doors by thier mothers with a care in the world. Now the sun and the air are dangerous.
From: doom without the gloom | Registered: Feb 2005
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