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Re:Cooling the Earth with a cloud of small spacecraft near t... by KGIII on Friday August 25, 2017 @04:43PM (#15102051)
That seems a bit of a long-shot. I'm not sure if it is less likely than us causing our own extinction, however.

I don't watch a lot of movies, and I recall even fewer, but there is an appropriate line in The Matrix about how a human can be smart but humans are pretty dumb as a whole. It seems to be remarkably true.

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Re:Cooling the Earth with a cloud of small spacecraft near t... by kahnpro on Friday August 25, 2017 @06:48PM (#15102881)
You're thinking of Men in Black.

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."

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Re:Cooling the Earth with a cloud of small spacecraft near t... by KGIII on Friday August 25, 2017 @07:56PM (#15103210)
I suspect you're right. I don't watch many movies so I'll defer to you.
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