Re: Noam & Fermi paradox & collapse

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

There is no question that humans will go extinct.  The real question is:
how can keep this process as humane as possible?

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:54:17 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/07/08/noam-chomsky-and-the-united-nations-warn-of-collapse/
 > 
 > In addition to the primary concerns surrounding the dictates of the 
 > Doomsday Clock of a growing threat of nuclear war and of failure to 
 > prevent lethal global heating, a new concern has been added: The 
 > deterioration of rational discourse. ”Unless that gap can be closed, 
 > there’s no hope of closing the dread in time to save ourselves.”
 > 
 > ...According to Chomsky, one response that has been proposed and 
 > cannot be dismissed is that higher intelligence has actually 
 > developed numerous times throughout the eons but has always proven 
 > to be lethal. Similar to today’s merry-go-round tinkering with 
 > fission and excessive levels of greenhouse gases, “they discovered 
 > the means for self-annihilation but did not develop the moral 
 > capacity to prevent it. Perhaps that is inherent with higher 
 > intelligence. We are now confronted with whether that principle 
 > holds for modern humans.”