How to get off this stinking rock?

[clocker]

There are any number of coincident degenerations more pressing than that of planet Earth.
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Like what?

[j2k4]

Couple of things I believe you might be aware of-

North Korea.

Iran and the rest of the Mid-east.

Any of several situations in Africa.

Our fucking economy.

I could go on, but then you know that, too.

Earth will be around for a couple more millennia...I'm positive of this.

Long after GM and the UAW are gone.

I'm sure of that, too.

[cpt_azad]

Couple of things I believe you might be aware of-

North Korea.

Iran and the rest of the Mid-east.

Any of several situations in Africa.

Our fucking economy.

I could go on, but then you know that, too.

Earth will be around for a couple more millennia...I'm positive of this.

Long after GM and the UAW are gone.

I'm sure of that, too.

So according to you j2, the future (distant) is not important? I agree we focus on our current problems but to be honest, in my eyes (and this is only my opinion, I await your bashing) its people like you who are the biggest detriment to mankind's evolution.

And yes, I too think the only way to reach out to the stars is to be able to download our consciousness into another container other than a biological body that can endure the harshness of space.

[mickstavros]

Earth will be around for a couple more millennia...I'm positive of this.

Earth may be around, but we won't.
Cockroaches will adapt after we die and rule the Earth.

[j2k4]

Couple of things I believe you might be aware of-

North Korea.

Iran and the rest of the Mid-east.

Any of several situations in Africa.

Our fucking economy.

I could go on, but then you know that, too.

Earth will be around for a couple more millennia...I'm positive of this.

Long after GM and the UAW are gone.

I'm sure of that, too.

So according to you j2, the future (distant) is not important? I agree we focus on our current problems but to be honest, in my eyes (and this is only my opinion, I await your bashing) its people like you who are the biggest detriment to mankind's evolution.

And yes, I too think the only way to reach out to the stars is to be able to download our consciousness into another container other than a biological body that can endure the harshness of space.

No bashing required - I merely choose to note the fact (as in the intervening post) that the rock we are living on will survive us, and we'd best work out the problems that bear on our situation before we take drastic measures to insure a safe future for the burgeoning cockroach population.

From a purely mathematical point-of-view, I don't think the odds for our survival here par up too well with Earth's life expectancy given the whims of nature, but I would prefer to consider mankind has a decent chance to play out the string without suffering a holocaust of his own manufacture.

Your last paragraph begs questions best entertained by fans of science-fiction, and that is not to bash, either - I just don't care to go there (so to speak).

So - do you feel you have been "bashed"?

[cpt_azad]

So according to you j2, the future (distant) is not important? I agree we focus on our current problems but to be honest, in my eyes (and this is only my opinion, I await your bashing) its people like you who are the biggest detriment to mankind's evolution.

And yes, I too think the only way to reach out to the stars is to be able to download our consciousness into another container other than a biological body that can endure the harshness of space.

No bashing required - I merely choose to note the fact (as in the intervening post) that the rock we are living on will survive us, and we'd best work out the problems that bear on our situation before we take drastic measures to insure a safe future for the burgeoning cockroach population.

From a purely mathematical point-of-view, I don't think the odds for our survival here par up too well with Earth's life expectancy given the whims of nature, but I would prefer to consider mankind has a decent chance to play out the string without suffering a holocaust of his own manufacture.

Your last paragraph begs questions best entertained by fans of science-fiction, and that is not to bash, either - I just don't care to go there (so to speak).

So - do you feel you have been "bashed"?

Not at all, I always admired your well thought out posts J2, its been awhile.

Sci-fi or not, its a possibility although it wont happen (if it ever does) for many many generations to come.

And I suppose when I said "dying planet" I might have been a little exaggerated, yes, Earth can easily survive us being here.

[MaxOverlord]

Hmmm.