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daniellefore t1_irpgz4e wrote

Reply to comment by novelexistence in Podcast: the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life is now looking for "technosignatures" like pollution by asbruckman

I mean basically we’re already at the tipping point where either we solve this problem or we very likely go extinct over the next couple hundred years. So yeah there’s no guarantee we fix it, but also like there’s no humans if we don’t fix it

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CriticalUnit t1_irrf2nt wrote

> either we solve this problem or we very likely go extinct over the next couple hundred years.

Extinct is a big step.

reducing habitability of earth back down to 1 billion of less people is might more of a likely reality.

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