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Pochoclo
Feb 4, 2008

No...
Clapping Larry
No. The human species must end. The sooner the better.

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Pochoclo
Feb 4, 2008

No...
Clapping Larry

Who What Now posted:

Is mandatory sterilization ethical as well?

Ethics are a human invention. No humans = no problem, hth.

Pochoclo
Feb 4, 2008

No...
Clapping Larry

DrSunshine posted:

The ecological arguments for non-procreation or the extinction of the human race don't hold water, I feel. We know that the earth, absent humans, will be incinerated in a couple billion years anyway as the sun becomes a red giant and expands. Then there won't be any life at all, and the whole thing will be basically pointless. If you value the existence of life in the universe, or the continued perpetuation of the Earth's biodiversity, you'd realize that humankind existing is Earth's ecosystem's best shot for long-term survival. We only get one shot; we don't know for a fact that intelligent life will evolve a second time after we're gone, so I think we owe it to the planet to not go extinct.

Actually we should try seeding life on other planets as hard as we can, IMO, spreading extremophile bacteria everywhere we can reach, so that any spacefaring species that come after us will not have to deal with the crippling loneliness and exceptionalism we do. We should plant vaults of advanced technology and scientific records, too.

We are, in fact, the Ancients.

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