On 15 February 2014 09:50, Chris de Morsella <[email protected]> wrote:
> Will they have time or will they fall victim to the great extinction event > that we have been causing (the extinction rate is currently 10,000 times > the background level, and this is due to human factors). The ocean webs of > life are collapsing across the globe n a most stark and alarming manner -- > again thanks to our species. > Yeah, I thought that as I was typing my response, but I decided to let it stand. I don't know how cuttlefish are faring at the moment. Maybe they will retreat to their hidden undersea cities and wait (possibly chanting "*Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"*) until the moment is right. > By the time we go over the Oduvai cliff (as the Doomerist hypothesis has > us doing quite soon) how many life forms we we be taking with us over the > edge and into extinction? > > I do not necessarily subscribe to the inevitability of our near term > extinction and have had my fair share of discussions with Doomers - -and > been blasted by some of them as being a cornucopian :) > Well, I'm sure hoping it isn't inevitable. Also, a cure for old age would be nice, not to mention a fair economic system and relativistic starships. And I still don't have my hoverboots. -- 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.
