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01-02-2023 , 10:23 PM

#526

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Agree.

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01-03-2023 , 12:12 AM

#527

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there is no way its like a 4.2 kiloyear type of event we are in or about to enter right? as that was more due to dryness than heat?

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01-05-2023 , 03:26 AM

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...an-climatology

Most extreme heatwave yet!
:Homer Simpson meme:

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01-05-2023 , 04:22 AM

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...an-climatology

Most extreme heatwave yet!
:Homer Simpson meme:

DailyKos lol

By the way, the link causes a popup that is hard to get rid of.

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01-05-2023 , 06:46 AM

#530

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DailyKos lol

By the way, the link causes a popup that is hard to get rid of.

Not sure about DK, but numerous January temperature records in Europe have just been absolutely nuked from orbit, going from numbers around 6c to 19c ballpark in many places across a huge area of Europe.

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01-05-2023 , 06:56 AM

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Looks like the end of this world might be near.

Speaking of statistics: 10 out of every 10 people are going to die.

Are you ready to die? Death is gonna happen to us all. Maybe sooner rather than later!

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01-05-2023 , 10:13 AM

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19 I saw 24 degrees yesterday and that's Celsius for our American viewers

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01-05-2023 , 05:07 PM

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12-14 years old Kids were saying this in the 1960s about WMD.
What does it matter if I go to school , we will all die anyway ….

You have some Profond thoughts process for a man of cloth and/or a philosophical teacher …

Let’s all let go to ***** cause we all die anyway ….
I’m sure your descendants will be proud of u on what you left behind for them !

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01-05-2023 , 07:41 PM

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Pretty good story on 60 minutes last week about how we are in the midst of a 6th mass extinction. This one caused by humans. Starts with the extinction of the other animal species and ends with the end of **** sapiens. Been a nice run, but this little planet we are on wasn't made to support 8billion ravenous highly evolved life forms.

Not sure how going to a dead planet like Mars is supposed to solve anything but I guess that's the plan.

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01-05-2023 , 08:13 PM

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12-14 years old Kids were saying this in the 1960s about WMD.
What does it matter if I go to school , we will all die anyway ….

You have some Profond thoughts process for a man of cloth and/or a philosophical teacher …

Let’s all let go to ***** cause we all die anyway ….
I’m sure your descendants will be proud of u on what you left behind for them !

It should go without saying that I never said or implied the bolded.

Please address what I actually say, instead of what the voices in your head are telling you I said. Thanks.

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01-05-2023 , 09:07 PM

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It should go without saying that I never said or implied the bolded.

Please address what I actually say, instead of what the voices in your head are telling you I said. Thanks.

What was the motive or reason to Say this for the reply u use it for ?

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Looks like the end of this world might be near.

Speaking of statistics: 10 out of every 10 people are going to die.

Are you ready to die? Death is gonna happen to us all. Maybe sooner rather than later!

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01-05-2023 , 09:52 PM

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I watched this as well and in 2010 everyone made pledges not one achieved their goals and the same can be said for 2020.

Bottom line is we have 5 billion to many folks on the planet

Bottom line is that it's ridiculous to think humanity can continue and be confined to this insignificant little speck

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01-06-2023 , 12:07 AM

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Bottom line is that it's ridiculous to think humanity can continue and be confined to this insignificant little speck

Eventually nothing continues. So who really cares.

Humanity is nowhere near being able to leave our solar system. Hell certain parts, or even a majority, of the universe is proven to be impossible for us to ever see let alone travel to. We are lucky to have Earth.

It’s laughable to think trying to leave earth is the best course of action.

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01-06-2023 , 12:09 AM

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At least world population is predicted to level off. Probably too late to make a difference though.

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01-06-2023 , 01:36 AM

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What was the motive or reason to Say this for the reply u use it for ?

Because sometimes it takes a potential looming disaster for many of us to pause and consider the most important question there is: "Where will I spend eternity?"

That doesn't mean, nor did I suggest, that we stop trying to make life better for folks here on Earth.

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01-06-2023 , 01:40 AM

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It’s laughable to think trying to leave earth is the best course of action.

The problem it’s that it’s a necessity and humanity have around 1 billions year left to do so if it wants to survive .

Granted it might be impossible , explaining the Fermi paradox .

But being an optimist about human being capabilities in such a short time frame we did from the last 100 years , there is nothing else to do then trying to do our best to achieve it in any case .

Better trying and fail then not trying at all imho .

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01-06-2023 , 01:41 AM

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Fair enough
My apologies.

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01-06-2023 , 01:44 AM

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The problem it’s that it’s a necessity and humanity have around 1 billions year left to do so if it wants to survive .

Granted it might be impossible , explaining the Fermi paradox .

But being an optimist about human being capabilities in such a short time frame we did from the last 100 years , there is nothing else to do then trying to do our best to achieve it in any case .

Better trying and fail then not trying at all imho .

Didn't AOC and Her Squad of Renown say that we only have about fifteen years to turn things around?

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01-06-2023 , 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Montrealcorp

Fair enough
My apologies.

No problema, sir.

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01-06-2023 , 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by hansmolman

I dont really know waht you mean.

I certainly think we should do more about climate change and living on the earth. I care about the future for some reason even though i fully expect to be dead in most of it.

Not sure what you think the technological block is to leaving the solar system or which parts of the universe have been proven to be impossible for 'us' to ever see. The economics make no sense now but give it a hundred years or a thousand if you really want. In the meantime the solar system is fairly large.

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01-06-2023 , 02:39 AM

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I will explain the fermi paradox again. 'Virtual reality' is infinitly more interesting than 'reality' and it's cardinality is greater. Or we're living in a simulation (probaly a childs toy) and we are the focus of it (or various star trek answers where we're being deliberately isolated)

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01-06-2023 , 03:49 AM

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Obviously there is many possibilities for explaining the Fermi paradox .
Yes virtual reality is one of them .
Others imply that majority advance civilizations just end up blowing themselves up or do as we do , over exploitation of ressources until starvation etc .

There is the one about dark forest which I am advocate of it .

But one about no technology can permits large intergalactic scale traveling is certainly one of them too from hans pov .
I personally doubt it but it’s a reasonable possibility in my eyes .

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01-06-2023 , 03:54 AM

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Didn't AOC and Her Squad of Renown say that we only have about fifteen years to turn things around?

U know there is a difference between a earth habitable for human life and an earth uninhabitable for human life but still full of life right ?

The danger of climate change isn’t about the life on earth it’s about OUR life on earth .
Yes that window is closing faster then it was 30 years ago .

But yeah , all on life in earth has about 1 billion years left , let’s try to make the best of it if we can , right ?

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01-06-2023 , 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Montrealcorp

Makes sense.

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But yeah , all on life in earth has about 1 billion years left , let’s try to make the best of it if we can , right ?

Works for me!

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01-06-2023 , 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Montrealcorp

Obviously there is many possibilities for explaining the Fermi paradox .
Yes virtual reality is one of them .
Others imply that majority advance civilizations just end up blowing themselves up or do as we do , over exploitation of ressources until starvation etc .

There is the one about dark forest which I am advocate of it .

But one about no technology can permits large intergalactic scale traveling is certainly one of them too from hans pov .
I personally doubt it but it’s a reasonable possibility in my eyes .

The bolded is impossible. It doesn't matter how high a proportion blow themselves up/etc unless it's effectively 100%

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But one about no technology can permits large intergalactic scale traveling is certainly one of them too from hans pov

Even more impossible. None of the tech required is serious science fiction. I think hans is confusing a person travelling with a species travelling. Let alone their von neumann machines.

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