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Environment & Energy

NoOneMan

(4,795 posts)

1. A death wish would require sapience, would it not

Reply to Speck Tater (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 01:46 PM

Nov 2012

Rather, I think infinite, exponential civilization has infinite, exponential momentum. You can not shout down momentum of this nature; it rolls forward without thinking.

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Does Humanity Have a Death Wish? (Question Everything) [View all] Speck Tater Nov 2012 OP

A death wish would require sapience, would it not NoOneMan Nov 2012 #1

"It rolls forward without thinking" GliderGuider Nov 2012 #2

Couldn't agree more AldoLeopold Nov 2012 #4

Humanity wouldn't die out entirely because of C.C. alone, though. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #7

+10C would do us all in, in a geological heartbeat. GliderGuider Nov 2012 #8

Two issues with this. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #9

Bookmarking for later Fumesucker Nov 2012 #3

Humans don't have a death wish, we have hyperbolic discounting. phantom power Nov 2012 #5

Indeed. It's not that we want to die GliderGuider Nov 2012 #6

I cna't believe you're here speculating about this shit pscot Nov 2012 #10