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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by Gene_Parmesan on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:24PM (#24890019)
Bingo, this is exactly what I was going to say. The Earth sure is fault-tolerant, we just might not enjoy what PIDs get the kill signal to repair the system.
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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by JMTQp8lwXL on Monday October 26, 2020 @11:15AM (#24897048)
Over a geological timescale, the Earth will cease to exist once consumed by the Sun.
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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by api on Sunday October 25, 2020 @06:26PM (#24890582)
Homo Sapiens would almost surely survive as a species. Humans are like cockroaches. It might be horribly nasty though, and definitely not something we should invite.

I like Elon’s way of putting climate change: sure we may be wrong at least a bit, but is it wise to take our best habitable planet and dump a shitload of CO2 into the atmosphere and then just see what happens because YOLO?

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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by ganafagol on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:11AM (#24893541)
If that's Elon's position then he must have a huge load of cognitive dissonance if he still thinks prioritizing colonization of Mars is a worthwile contribution.
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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by croon on Monday October 26, 2020 @05:16AM (#24894207)
I'm rarely one to defend Elon, but that isn't cognitive dissonance, it's trying to have a plan B in face of reality.

He certainly can't personally stop climate change, but maybe in theory he can get a step closer to building an ark.

Hope/push for the former, prepare for the latter.

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Re:Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest by ganafagol on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @03:30AM (#24905145)
I disagree. If we bring earth into a state where Mars looks like the better alternative, then we deserve to go extinct.

Have you seen how Mars looks like? What the conditions are like? Temperature? Atmosphere? Radiation? Ecosystems (none)? Water (none)? Breathable air (none)? How could that ever be more inviting than earth?

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