Uncle__doctor_soup t1_it78lph wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:16 PM

Reply to comment by M1ster_Rogers in The Webb Space Telescope Sees a Solar System's Beginning by footinch

I really prefer this take then the “humans are so shitty and unremarkable” one that is so popular on Reddit

Halvus_I t1_it7ym8u wrote on October 21, 2022 at 4:16 PM

"If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”"

Carl Sagan

Phenotyx t1_it7pbt8 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 3:15 PM

They’re really not mutually exclusive…

We are rare af and idc if there’s other life out there any life is special but

We also piss away our existence and shit on the environment that allowed us to evolve to this point

Objectively, humans have definitely been a net negative on the earth so far. I hope that changes and we earn our place in the universe

If not, we deserve whatever fate we get.

Uncle__doctor_soup t1_it7sems wrote on October 21, 2022 at 3:35 PM

You’re not wrong but it seems it’s so much more frequent for people to hate our species and hope we get wiped out rather then hope we turn it around and grow

Phenotyx t1_it7u083 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 3:46 PM

Yeah i hear you. I mean hoping is one thing, I hope more than anything we find the a path that allows us to flourish without draining the resources from whatever planet or source we are taking from.

Whether or not that’s likely is another topic haha

tenticularozric t1_it9l2vl wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:00 PM

If we don’t get off this planet, eventually a natural force will destroy the planet and then it won’t have made a different how many animals we drove to extinction or how many greenhouse gases we emitted into the atmosphere.

But if we get off this planet and find a way to make other planets habitable for ourselves and other animals, it will have all been worth it right?

Phenotyx t1_it9n7a3 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:16 PM

If we extend that logic you’d eventually just say well none of it matters because eventually the universe will get to a point where no life can be sustained so what does any of it matter?

So no I don’t really like that point of view. Society has existed for 10000 years that’s not even 1/1000th of 1% of the time the earth has been around I don’t think its ok to justify mass extinction of animals because we MAY or may not “find a way to make other planets habitable”… let’s worry about saving our own planet first ffs

Prestigious_Use_208 t1_itaff57 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 3:07 AM

The sheer existence itself is just mind blowing. What are the chances that we’ve modeled almost every creation from ourselves. The internet seems like neurons connecting together in the brain… it’s insane if you think about. I just wish more people could become aware of this special kind of experience going on around them, maybe we could have a much better understanding between each other.