| Poll: Would you support Geoengineerng? This poll is closed. |
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| No | 7 | 53.85% | |
| Yes | 4 | 30.77% | |
| Yes, but it must be strictly regulated. | 2 | 15.38% | |
| Total | 13 vote(s) | 100% | |
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Sorry I picked yes by accident... I meant no. I don't see any reason why we need to manipulate the Earth at all. Humans need to stop their thinking that they are some kind of god.
Quote:"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. "  (March 16, 2011 at 5:47 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote: Sorry I picked yes by accident... I meant no. I don't see any reason why we need to manipulate the Earth at all. Humans need to stop their thinking that they are some kind of god. We are not god, we are god of gods. We created all the gods there ever were.  (March 16, 2011 at 5:47 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote: Sorry I picked yes by accident... I meant no. I don't see any reason why we need to manipulate the Earth at all. Humans need to stop their thinking that they are some kind of god. Are you serious? Put down your clothing, turn off your appliances, leave your home and go try kill shit with your teeth to survive then, because the only reason we are NOT doing that is our ability to manipulate the environment. As long as it is in our interests to survive we will do whatever we can, if that includes firing tons of sulfur into the atmosphere so we don't die from an overheating planet then that's precisely what we'll do.
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(March 16, 2011 at 6:07 pm)theVOID Wrote:(March 16, 2011 at 5:47 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote: Sorry I picked yes by accident... I meant no. I don't see any reason why we need to manipulate the Earth at all. Humans need to stop their thinking that they are some kind of god. I see your point but I remain skeptical that we should go further then we already have... if scientifically proven safe then I suppose it's fine. Quote:"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. "
The only way to actually prove it safe is to do it and see if you are still around to debate whether it was safe. The question is given what we know, would the alternative be likely to be, including opportunity cost, more harmful, costly or dangerous in the long run.
It might be the case that it's our only option.
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We could probably test it out in a controlled highly precise replica of the Earth that's exactly to scale.
Quote:"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. "
Or just wait until we've got no other options... That way it doesn't matter if it might not work or might do harm, we're going to die anyway.
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(March 16, 2011 at 6:51 pm)theVOID Wrote: Or just wait until we've got no other options... That way it doesn't matter if it might not work or might do harm, we're going to die anyway. But think about the forms of life that we could harm with it that wouldn't die out along with us... they count too. Quote:"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. " |
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