On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 5:58 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/31/2013 3:55 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: >> >> I believe there's an important aspect of this type of discussion that >> is rarely considered. This sort of thing takes almost a religious tone >> where we are supposed to feel guilty. I'm very suspicious of this sort >> of thing. I was indoctrinated by catholic sunday school to feel guilty >> about things that I didn't even yet understand. This type of discourse >> has a similar smell. > > > I agree with that. But just because we aren't guilty, doesn't mean we can't > do anything to redress the problem.
Agreed. I also think that, pragmatically, the guilt trip doesn't do anything. Politicians are too sociopathic, they will just use it as an opportunity to gain more power while appearing to care. I put more faith in technological solutions like geo-engineering. > >> >> Neither you, Brent, nor me, nor anyone in this list is at fault. >> There's nothing we can do to prevent this. I would argue for a more >> radical idea:_nobody_ is at fault. There isn't a single human being >> that has the power to revert the way in which our species operates. >> Again, I don't mean to make a political point and defend or condemn >> certain ideologies. I mean to make a biological point: we are not >> social insects. We are somewhat altruistic but by far not as >> altruistic as super-sister ants. This is just how we evolved. We don't >> know for how long we'll be able we'll be able to survive as a species >> and we can't stop being human. The earth won't care. If we go extinct, >> other species will take our place. Or not. In the great scheme of >> things, does it really matter? > > > Does anything matter in the great scheme of things? I don't know. I care > about what matters to me. > > Brent > "It does not matter now that in a million years nothing we do now will > matter." > --- Thomas Nagel Nice! Telmo. > > >> >> Meanwhile, we seem to be rather special children of the Universe, in >> the sense that we are a mechanism by which the Universe can >> introspect: powerful telescopes, particle accelerators, these are all >> part of the introspection. There's beauty in that, and ephemeral >> things are even more beautiful. >> >> Sorry for the moment of zen:) >> >> Telmo. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
