An Astrobiologist Asks a Sci-fi Novelist How to Survive the Anthropocene

Re:An Astrobiologist Asks a Sci-fi Novelist How to Survive t... by maxxxxx on Saturday September 13, 2014 @05:30PM (#8313669)

I still think it's completely inappropriate to make such a comparison in this context.

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Re:An Astrobiologist Asks a Sci-fi Novelist How to Survive t... by javert on Saturday September 13, 2014 @07:31PM (#8314012)

I really don't because Robinson is absolutely preaching an ideology that would lead to mass death if it were taken seriously.

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Re:An Astrobiologist Asks a Sci-fi Novelist How to Survive t... by maxxxxx on Sunday September 14, 2014 @10:52AM (#8315302)

Will they kill children by slamming them against trees or killing people with shovels? Or will they "interrogate" people until they die? Will they kill 20% of population in 4 years?

Your comparison is inappropriate and cheapens the suffering of people who lived under Pol Pot.

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Re:An Astrobiologist Asks a Sci-fi Novelist How to Survive t... by phaemon on Sunday September 14, 2014 @03:36AM (#8314744)

What exactly is he saying to do, that is going to lead to these deaths? I can't find any mass death approval in the linked article.

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