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Originally Posted by masque de Z
Because clearly scientists and civilized countries today express the great desire to invade other countries and wipe out the population to take resources or feel absolutely no remorse for destroying great forests or removing people from Amazon?
The fact is that we are getting constantly better and kinder and more reasonable towards these issues.
The world of the future has top scientists and AI as its leaders not bs politicians. And none of them currently think its a good idea to invade a rare distant world and destroy it for fun or resources that you can get anywhere given the ability to travel so far and have access to great technology.
China is currently destroying(enhancing) the Spratley Islands for just that purpose – to lay claim to the resources in the area.
You’re conflating science and morality and therefore assigning to scientists a superior moral code to the general population (inc BS politicians).
The scientific community are prey to the same fears, ambitions, delusions and prejudices as the rest of humanity. Not all scientists think alike and to argue otherwise is naïve at the very least.
Just two examples for you
Sir Isaac Newton spent half his life searching for the Philosophers stone.
Robert Millikan (Nobel Prize for Physics) espoused the cause of eugenics and the sterilisation of prisoners in California.
So, please don’t try and sell me the idea that rule by scientists would be any more rational than the current model.
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Originally Posted by masque de Z
A higher civilization will only destroy us if we fully deserve it. That should be your real fear. But i trust that even then their best choice will remain to contain and reshape us.
A higher civilisation could decide to destroy us for many diverse reasons.
It could decide our aggressive nature is a threat to the universe and act to contain the threat.
It could be a hive culture, similar to bees or termites, and view our individualism a threat to hive stability.
It could even worship chickens and bring us to account for crimes against poultry.
The ‘contain and reshape’ us could include knocking our civilisation down and forcing us to start again. This could be achieved without setting foot on the earth. The destruction of satellites, power plants, dams and other infrastructure would lead quickly to starvation and civil breakdown.
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Originally Posted by masque de Z
Also recognize that there is likely no such civilization any close distance from here.
An obvious point that didn’t need making