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Re:Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films by M_Grey on Thursday March 16, 2017 @11:25AM (#13885768)
You've hit on why I don't see humanity's long-term survival as very likely, and why I find the Great Filter hypothesis so compelling.
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Re:Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films by noir_lord on Thursday March 16, 2017 @12:43PM (#13886472)
It's also why if we where rational as a species we'd be focusing on becoming a genuine space borne/multi-planetary civilisation.

Our best shot at surviving the great filter is been spread out enough that when someone goes "Ooops" and levels wherever they are there are other self-sufficient humans far enough away to survive.

Not sure if we'll ever achieve that (though I think in totality it's only just beyond our current technology) though since it would require a colossal investment that would make the Apollo program look tiny to bootstrap it.

barring some significant breakthrough in fusion.

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Re:Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films by c-smile on Thursday March 16, 2017 @03:28PM (#13888309)
Wondering if it is even possible to convince humanity to focus on creating multi-stellar civilization at this point until it is not too late.

Instead of fighting in sandboxes, et cetera.

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Re:Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films by M_Grey on Thursday March 16, 2017 @03:35PM (#13888388)
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/10/darwin-day/

I'm afraid not.

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Re:Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films by alphapapa on Thursday March 16, 2017 @01:39PM (#13887040)
> Our best shot at surviving the great filter is been spread out enough that when someone goes "Ooops" and levels wherever they are there are other self-sufficient humans far enough away to survive.

This idea of compartmentalization is a strong argument against globalism. "Oops"es in government, society, and culture can be just as deadly.

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