Gives some credence to the thought that mixing a (very) modest amount of intelligence into a species of tribal apes already equipped with an opposing thumb, will likely prove to be a failed evolutionary experiment. The idea there is a benevolent god in the cosmos who will protect us from ourselves will be the last nail in our cosmic coffin. If we had looked out at the stars with the deep knowledge that we were completely responsible for our own fate, we might have had a small chance.
“And the life of man” as said Thomas Hobbes, will be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
“And the life of man” as said Thomas Hobbes, will be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
