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Humanity won't last forever.
#1
Humanity won't last forever.
...since I hold the philosophical view that there is no afterlife, I also do indeed believe that, thank fuck, we as a species won't last forever. Now that is pretty obvious to me really.

How long is another matter.

Not as long as the dinosaurs I hope.

That thought gives me some comfort Big Grin lol

Anyway, I wonder if I can have some serious responses to this thread. And humorous if you wish of course Tongue

EvF
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#2
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
(April 28, 2010 at 3:21 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: How long is another matter.

Not as long as the dinosaurs I hope.EvF

We've already outlived the dinosaurs. Here is the proof: http://www.dublins98.ie/wp-content/files...orsyth.jpg
Spinoza Wrote:God is the Asylum of Ignorance
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#3
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
ROFLLMFAO that was hilarious.

I hope he dies on live TV. On strictly come dancing or something. I have nothing against him whatsoever - it will just be funny! I will laugh my bollocks off.

Did I say that outloud?!?!

EvF
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#4
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
(April 28, 2010 at 3:21 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: ...since I hold the philosophical view that there is no afterlife, I also do indeed believe that, thank fuck, we as a species won't last forever. Now that is pretty obvious to me really.

How long is another matter.

Not as long as the dinosaurs I hope.

That thought gives me some comfort Big Grin lol

Anyway, I wonder if I can have some serious responses to this thread. And humorous if you wish of course Tongue

EvF

Some speculation:

We are currently a long way from developing true AI (machine consciousness)- in fact we don't even have a clear idea of how/ where to start. However, I think that strong AI is definitely possible (and yes, I am aware of the arguments on both sides). Given the nature of technology, it seems inevitable that (barring civilizational collapse) we will eventually develop strong AI- not in the lifetime of anyone currently alive, but eventually.

And once we do that then intelligence becomes a function of technological progress. AIs can design more powerful AIs. We will be in an age of machine evolution, which will occur much more quickly than biological evolution possibly could.

Perhaps we will die out in the end. But how about the lineage of machines that we will have started? They would be much more robust than us, much more adaptable, much smarter. Perhaps they will survive for an awful lot longer.

So our position in the greater scheme of things might be this: we are the link between the age of biology and the age of intelligent machines. And if we become extinct, who cares, really? We will have been responsible for the inception of something much greater than ourselves.

All of which may be grossly over-optimistic. In reality, its just as likely that we'll thoroughly fuck up the planet, use up all the easily accessible mineral resources (thus making it very difficult for any future intelligent species to develop industry/ technology), not develop AI, and then wipe ourselves out.

Humans Angry
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#5
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
Humanity won't last. Kinda glad really. We've messed this place up, would hate to see humanity mess space up too. Not fair for everyone else really is it.
At least this lovely planet can repair it self. As soon as we are out of the way.

We will fade and I'm happy with that. Though if the future became some kind of star trek reality then fuck what I just said. Big Grin
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan

Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.

Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.

You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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#6
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
Even the bible has it coming to an end. Tough huh.
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#7
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
Sadly the bible is wrong about everything else....why assume it gets that right?
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#8
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
The way I see it, nothing lasts "forever". (with forever being an infinite amount of time, and not a function of how long the universe exists, etc.)


So yes, Humans will not last forever. The circumstances, time, and effects, however, i do not think can be predicted at this point beyond vague assumptions.

Personally, I don't think we should even be worrying about it. We have better things to do.

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#9
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
(April 28, 2010 at 5:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Sadly the bible is wrong about everything else....why assume it gets that right?
You think humanity will go on for infinity Min? Tongue
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#10
RE: Humanity won't last forever.
No but it won't because be because jesus comes back on his white fucking horse.


Most likely, some idiot will push the wrong button and blow us up.
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