Re:I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing...
by xral on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:27PM
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To be honest, actively hoping for evidence of our extinction is much more contrarian than this piece.
Re:I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing...
by codezero on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:00PM
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I'm not even sure who Nick Bostrom is, but thanks for your comment, it stands on its own :)
Re:I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing...
by jules-jules on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:48PM
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In case you were serious, Nick Bostrom is a philosopher with a background in theoretical physics, computational neuroscience, logic, and artificial intelligence. He is a Professor at Oxford University, where he leads the Future of Humanity Institute as its founding director.
Re:I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing...
by codezero on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:28PM
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Yep I was, and thanks for doing emotional labor for me, I probably wouldn’t have bothered googling him :)
Re:I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing...
by camelNotation on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:24PM
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"probably"
No, you ARE going to die.
I think the great filter is definitely ahead of us, but I'm not so terrified by the implications of this (or so interested in being a pompous contrarian) that I'm moved to bury my head in the sand and publicly hope for stupid things.
I hope we find current or ancient life on Mars, Europa, etc. because that would be interesting and exciting.
It would bring no more additional existential dread than looking outside at your fellow idiot humans.
Life is hard, and we're probably all going to die. Get over it. We can still hope to find interesting things while we're around to enjoy them.