The Fermi Paradox says we should have contacted alien life by now
The Great Filter says we haven't because a civilization's capacity for self-destruction increases to certainty over time
I thought for us it would be an exotic technology or scientific discovery that instantly destroys on a large scale
Nope. Far more depressing and mundane
We simply watched ourselves destroy our climate and lacked the will to do anything about it because someone was making money off it
@benroyce yeah, such interesting philosophical questions.
Is there a size limit to a functional representative society. At some point, this small percent of the group is big enough to sustain itself and drifts away. Even a cohesive society seems destined eventually to splinter.
Oh, and there's nukes lying around 😳
That's the solution! Nuke the Earth and plunge us into Nuclear winter!
I'm joking, but I'm crying inside, because we may do it anyway
(And no, armchair scientists, that will not solve the CO2 problem)
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