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hunter

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11. Studying paleontology and ecology gave me a huge respect for chaos theory.

Mon May 27, 2013, 04:01 PM

May 2013

And beyond the chaos is a lot of random bad luck. Watch out for those big asteroids, comets, and giant volcanoes. Our earth is very small, the universe is very big. It doesn't care what we do.

Humans may be something novel, but the math always looks the same. We are the rock snot in the stream.

Doesn't matter if a species is doing calculus and statistics in a brain or by simple mindless chemistry. The goal is the same. Whenever the numbers stop working the population will crash.

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Energy to build it, energy to maintain it. [View all] GliderGuider May 2013 OP

Have to reduce population size Socialistlemur May 2013 #1

It will decline. GliderGuider May 2013 #2

A bit on my view of the role of thermodynamics GliderGuider May 2013 #3

I remember writing something about it in an evolution debate 25 years ago Socialistlemur May 2013 #5

To do this, you need to get people to stop having kids OnlinePoker May 2013 #8

Perversely I'm very left wing radical Catholic... hunter May 2013 #12

There’s a great deal of misinformation on this topic OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #13

I think it might be possible to bring this civilization in for a soft landing... hunter May 2013 #4

What does the ground of ocean expand....etc....mean? Socialistlemur May 2013 #6

I think hunter means that the airplane of civilization is crashing, GliderGuider May 2013 #7

Yep, thanks. hunter May 2013 #9

You reminded me of the two times I almost crashed while soaring GliderGuider May 2013 #10

Studying paleontology and ecology gave me a huge respect for chaos theory. hunter May 2013 #11