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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by jacquesm on Thursday August 05, 2021 @05:32PM (#28080189)
In the short term, sure. But what if this is a local maximum which accidentally cut off all viable future branches? A bit of caution when making these irreversible decisions would go a long way.

Wiping out the rest of the planet to give us a safe habitat may have been a giant mistake, monocultures tend to end bad.

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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by ThomPete on Thursday August 05, 2021 @10:22PM (#28082592)
we are not wiping out the rest of the planet, we are manipulating it into better serving us through thd use of technology. We are potentially able to deal with ex. astroid impact which no other species is able to, in my book that counts for way more.
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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by jacquesm on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:29AM (#28083631)
> we are not wiping out the rest of the planet, we are manipulating it into better serving us through thd use of technology.

Right. Let's say we're not going to agree on this and leave it at that.

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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by ThomPete on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:45AM (#28086380)
sure
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