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      our planet could easily be wiped by a number of things.

      Most likely by us, while we waste our limited resources on useless things like spaceships

      if we dont plan for a planetary catastrophe out of our control, our species is doomed.

      Oh no, how will the universe ever recover from this tragedy?

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        Oh no, how will the universe ever recover from this tragedy?

        yep, this is what people resort to when they dont have a real point. ‘so what?!’ pfft

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      a planetary catastrophe out of our control

      You’re still describing climate change. Science fiction ideas are fun to think about but our own inability to live harmoniously with nature is going to kill us off before any of those problems become relevant.

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          I was kind of surprised that comet that’s been visible at night was only discovered like a year ago. Crazy to think that would be the warning time of anything coming to hit us

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        huh? why do people have this innate ability to underestimate what we might be capable of? why do you think its impossible for us to become masters of our own genome?

        not getting off this rock means our species is doomed regardless of how ‘perfect’ we keep earth.

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          why do people have this innate ability to underestimate what we might be capable of?

          Because we can see what we’re currently capable of in terms of climate change, and the outlook is pretty bleak

          why do you think its impossible for us to become masters of our own genome?

          Because even in the best case scenario, this is dangerously close to eugenics

          not getting off this rock means our species is doomed regardless of how ‘perfect’ we keep earth.

          If we can’t keep earth livable, an entire self-regulating planet that’s been livable for hundreds of millions or billions of years, what are our chances of keeping anywhere else livable?