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Agnosticsherbet

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1. We evolved as a clannish tribal species.

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 10:35 PM

Feb 2015

Sadly, we have not evolved past that.

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When some long futuristic epoch comes to be and the next apex species forms on this planet... [View all] MrScorpio Feb 2015 OP

We evolved as a clannish tribal species. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #1

I'm quite of the mind that our entire penchant for self-destructiveness is due to genetic imperative MrScorpio Feb 2015 #2

It may very well be that we have reached the bottleneck that explainers the Fermi Paradox. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #3

Yesterday, I watched on CSPAN an author talk about her book... MrScorpio Feb 2015 #4

The first great extinction was when the oxygen released by plants killed off the anaerobic life.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #9

I should have added that ours would be the first SENTIENT species to trigger its own extinction... MrScorpio Feb 2015 #11

When we discover Newest Reality Feb 2015 #5

That would depend on whether we're actually able of learning from our mistakes... MrScorpio Feb 2015 #8

Yes, I agree. Newest Reality Feb 2015 #12

I'm really interested in knowing whether the changes will be either natural or planned. MrScorpio Feb 2015 #14

That's a good philosophical inquiry and an open Newest Reality Feb 2015 #15

What really saddens me is the extent to which abstraction has taken over our lives... MrScorpio Feb 2015 #16

Well, I admire Newest Reality Feb 2015 #17

We know that the universe is huge... MrScorpio Feb 2015 #18

It will be the age of the kitteh NuclearDem Feb 2015 #6

There probably won't be enough time for that, depending on how far the ecosystem gets kicked back Fumesucker Feb 2015 #7

Oh yeah, I do.. MrScorpio Feb 2015 #10

I suspect we may not be that unsusual for an apex species Fumesucker Feb 2015 #13

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