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hunter

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16. I'm an evolutionary biologist by natural inclination and some formal training.

Reply to Cyrano (Reply #11)

Wed Apr 12, 2023, 05:43 PM

Apr 2023

Does it matter?

Ten million years from now our civilization of today will be a curious layer of crud in the geologic record.

Life will go on.

It's our choice as humans today if we choose to live on with the rest of that life.

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If you had the power to create a world, is this what you would have done? [View all] Cyrano Apr 2023 OP

Posted without comment. Arthur_Frain Apr 2023 #1

Omniscient my ass PJMcK Apr 2023 #2

What is this Omniscient, all-knowing item of which you speak? Cyrano Apr 2023 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Cyrano Apr 2023 #6

Like Mark Twain pointed out The Unmitigated Gall Apr 2023 #3

I imagine none of it matters to God. hunter Apr 2023 #4

Gonna borrow the framework and ask: GenXer47 Apr 2023 #7

Doesn't "borrow the framework" open us to Cyrano Apr 2023 #9

If 43,000 people were killed every year in passenger jet crashes.... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2023 #21

Some believe that our only purpose is to propagate our species Kaleva Apr 2023 #8

It's possible that humanity is the most cruel and heartless of all Cyrano Apr 2023 #11

I'm an evolutionary biologist by natural inclination and some formal training. hunter Apr 2023 #16

It is only humans that can save other species from extinction Kaleva Apr 2023 #18

I think at the most basic, biological level, that's true. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #20

Yes Kaleva Apr 2023 #23

We were created by God's Kid Brother FSogol Apr 2023 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chainfire Apr 2023 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Chainfire Apr 2023 #13

Perhaps it was the inventor's first attempt; a sort of beta test. Chainfire Apr 2023 #14

I'm still going with the "don't care" backup drive theory. hunter Apr 2023 #17

Perhaps it's a test or like a simulation Calculating Apr 2023 #15

One quibble: Humans are a relatively recent species. Sky Jewels Apr 2023 #19

There is a European legend about the origin the world, and how we all ended up where we did DFW Apr 2023 #22