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Re:Stars may collide in a “red nova” in 2022 by rm_-rf_slash on Sunday January 08, 2017 @04:50PM (#13352251)
There is so much going on today that makes me fearful for the existential future of humanity: climate change, nuclear weapons, resource depletion, artificial intelligence, to name a few.

But strangely enough, a ticking cosmic countdown makes me feel oddly at peace with an ultimate future of extinction. I can only hope that the end of humanity will not be wrought by its own hands.

Makes me want to enjoy my time alive more, with the people I care about.

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Re:Stars may collide in a “red nova” in 2022 by basch on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:53AM (#13356690)
it would probably be more impressive if humans led to their own extinction, than if cosmic forces ended us.
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Re:Stars may collide in a “red nova” in 2022 by rm_-rf_slash on Monday January 09, 2017 @06:29PM (#13360926)
A lot of species threaten their existence by their own self-interest. Lemmings regularly lurch from near extinction to explosive overpopulation every few years.
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