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Re:I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing... by acqq on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:33PM (#24123078)
> human race

Being satisfied that some "naked apes" still living could mean a survival, as a biological species, of the probable destruction of current civilization is setting the bar really low.

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Re:I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Finds Nothing... by jeffreyrogers on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:14PM (#24134999)
Okay, but do you really think civilization is going to collapse entirely? I don't. Even if half of humanity died you would still have civilization of some sort.
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