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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 09:32 AM Original message |
Is life itself programmed to self-destruct? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. That would help to explain the Fermi Paradox. n/t |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Virtually all of the great extinctions were caused by an |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Virtually all great extinctions were caused by |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Humans are a virus. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. It will be... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. I don't know about "life" |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I agree. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. I find this "gaia" or "medea" kind of framing... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well said. nt |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The biosphere has intent now |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, in a way. However... |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I think the framing is productive, actually... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Could be. I worry that the mindset itself is part of the problem. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Ah yes, the "shit happens" theory. |
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