We are merely replicating machines

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We are merely replicating machines

Raoul — 2/25/2009 7:07:35 PM (archived)

The universe wouldn't care if mankind failed.

Humans who are gone because of that failure wouldn't care either (it would be too late).

As long as there are replicating machines somewhere (it could perhaps only be on Earth), that's what genes need.

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Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - Raoul - 2/25/2009 4:12:05 PM
- I think so, or at least whatever we evolove into. (n/t) - REB - 2/27/2009 5:50:45 PM
  - I think we have about a century and a half to go - mip - 3/1/2009 5:08:09 PM
    - According to J. Richard Gott the Third - Socrates II - 3/2/2009 1:53:01 PM
- If idiots remain in charge as they are today, I doubt Humanity will survive for ONE more century. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 12:08:23 AM
  - The idiots have always been in charge. - ER - 3/1/2009 3:51:05 PM
    - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln - Marsby - 3/1/2009 9:13:58 PM
  - But most of our so-called leaders have been power-hungry idiots for ages - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 2:08:52 PM
    - But they did NOT have nukes. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 5:14:48 PM
      - Lots of dictators didn't need nukes to kill millions - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 7:13:33 PM
- Maybe it's best humanity not survive. - Jacob - 2/26/2009 4:55:50 PM
  - Baloney - Marsby - 2/28/2009 5:37:13 PM
  - I disagree. - REB - 2/27/2009 5:52:12 PM
  - Largely true. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 12:09:06 AM
  - And another intelligent, tool using species will do better? - Socrates II - 2/26/2009 6:20:58 PM
    - Who cares. You're life will be meaningless and unknown in 1000 years anyways. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/27/2009 7:33:02 PM
      - Well, thanks for the real picker-upper - Socrates II - 2/27/2009 7:55:21 PM
- re: Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - gbaikie - 2/25/2009 11:01:38 PM
  - re: Surviving 1,000 centuries, can we do it ? - Mr Fibuli - 2/27/2009 4:47:27 AM
- A relevant article in the latest New Scientist - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 8:06:18 PM
- Re: Section 4.3. We're gonna need to monitor volcanos. (n/t) - et - 2/25/2009 7:34:20 PM
- Psychologically probably not. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 5:53:41 PM
  - Surprisingly Incorrect - Marsby - 2/25/2009 6:32:26 PM
    - Technology is cumulative. Wisdom has to be learned all over by each person. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 6:57:30 PM
      - Almost Agree. - Marsby - 2/25/2009 7:28:53 PM
      - Extrapolate the "gun in the hands of a child" scenario. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 7:25:20 PM
      - We are merely replicating machines - Raoul - 2/25/2009 7:07:35 PM
        
        What if we are one of the galaxy's "brains" - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 7:14:49 PM
  - You're looking at the wrong side of it. - TB - 2/25/2009 6:18:30 PM
    - The savannah wasn't peaceful either, as you say. That's the point. - Bowser - 2/25/2009 7:00:44 PM
- This is like neaderthal predicting 21st century and that is less than 100K years - Sawyer - 2/25/2009 5:40:12 PM
  - re: This book is a thought exercize - Raoul - 2/25/2009 6:41:38 PM
    - Looks Like A Good One To Me - Marsby - 2/25/2009 7:17:31 PM
      - re: Looks Like A Good One To Me - gbaikie - 2/26/2009 12:36:32 AM
- SPACESHIP EARTH - carl - 2/25/2009 5:06:38 PM
  - What if we were made by Gaia to stop deadly space impacts? - Socrates II - 2/25/2009 7:42:57 PM
    - Charlie Stross Wrong About Space Colonization and Singularity - Socrates II - 3/1/2009 5:59:30 AM

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