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greggerypeccary

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Reply #90 - Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:47pm

Secret Wars wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:43pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:39pm:

Secret Wars wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:37pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:29pm:

Secret Wars wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:26pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:19pm:

Secret Wars wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:16pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:12pm:

Secret Wars wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:09pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 6:58pm:

Secret Wars wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 6:57pm:

Brian Cox opines that as far as we can tell, and in all probability, intelligent life in the cosmos is rare, which makes it valuable and worth preserving.

For what reason?

Who would suffer if the human race became extinct through the voluntary process of women not having any more children?

I didn't say anything about suffering or not suffering, but Brian Cox makes a good case that humanity is rare and worth preserving.

I ain't interested in your interminable sessions of redirection.

Ignore suffering.

Why is the human race worth preserving?

What purpose do we serve?

Reread my first comment. Roll Eyes

. It's succinct and explanatory.

Do you believe that everything that's rare is valuable?

No, much is unique so therefore by definition rare but it doesnt make it valuable...but now that is getting into concepts of value and how to measure it, and I ain't interested in discussing the philosophy of value with a clown who is only interested in angling for a gotcha.

I'm not angling for a gotcha.

I simply want to know why you, or Cox, believes that preserving intelligent life in the cosmos is a worthy thing.

It's adds to complexity which is a component of rarity and quality. None of this is new. It's existence enriches.

And that's all I can be bothered with, with you. You can read more on your own...if you were interested.

Enriches what, and for whom?

I want to know your personal views on the subject.

Too bad. I don't play your silly games.

I'm not playing a game.

I'm asking you a serious question.

One that you're struggling to find an answer to.

Not that I blame you - I can't come up with one either.

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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8432 Melbourne Gender:	Re: The childless Chancellor announces retirement... Reply #91 - Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:59pm I reckon the Human species will become extinct eventually anyway, joining thousands if not millions (could it be billions?) of other species that have become extinct.
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greggerypeccary

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Reply #92 - Oct 31^st, 2018 at 8:15pm

Captain Nemo wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 7:59pm:

I reckon the Human species will become extinct eventually anyway, joining thousands if not millions (could it be billions?) of other species that have become extinct.

You're probably right.

And, I can't see how it will be a problem.

Who's going to complain when we're gone?

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Term Dog Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1727 Gender:	Re: The childless Chancellor announces retirement... Reply #93 - Oct 31^st, 2018 at 8:53pm peckery needs to find a new game,
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26460 Australia	Re: The childless Chancellor announces retirement... Reply #94 - Nov 1^st, 2018 at 6:27am IMO if the human race was extinct there would prolly still be life elsewhere in the universe. It wouldnt matter though because nobody would be around to worry about it. We were a fluke anyway. The universe is mostly barren. Spot
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Reply #95 - Nov 1^st, 2018 at 8:23am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Nov 1^st, 2018 at 6:27am:

IMO if the human race was extinct there would prolly still be life elsewhere in the universe. It wouldnt matter though because nobody would be around to worry about it. We were a fluke anyway. The universe is mostly barren.

Spot

I'm not so sure about life being somewhere else in the universe, but as far as us becoming extinct - it's no big deal.

We won't be missed.

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Reply #96 - Nov 1^st, 2018 at 1:51pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Nov 1^st, 2018 at 6:27am:

We have a slim chance of being able to send some form of life to distant inhabitable planets in the future, if religion takes over we will all be blown up or beheaded and then there will be no chance.
Humanity needs to move forward with science being our new god.

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Reply #97 - Nov 3^rd, 2018 at 4:04pm

Secret Wars wrote on Oct 31^st, 2018 at 6:57pm:

Brian Cox opines that as far as we can tell, and in all probability, intelligent life in the cosmos is rare, which makes it valuable and worth preserving.

Came across this in today's paper

"When I was a boy all I ever wanted was my own observatory, I knew even then that all the mysteries of life lay hidden in the stars. Having said that, stars aren't that important. Whereas street lamps-they're very important. Why? Because they're so rare! As far as we know, there are only a few million of them in the universe. And they were built by monkeys!"

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