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The Real Marty · 10-05-2022, 12:34 PM

(10-05-2022, 10:50 AM)mikesez Wrote: You should read Sphere by Michael Chricton. The math expert character (basically the Jeff Goldblum equivalent in the story) has an extended rant saying "The planet is not in danger! WE are in danger. Life on Earth will be fine. The human species may not be fine."

I heard an interesting theory. Billions and billions of planets, lots of them with the conditions to harbor life, and yet, where are all the aliens from these other planets? Why have they not contacted us or come to see us?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_para...roy_itself

This is the argument that technological civilizations may usually or invariably destroy themselves before or shortly after developing radio or spaceflight technology. The astrophysicist Sebastian von Hoerner stated that the progress of science and technology on Earth was driven by two factors—the struggle for domination and the desire for an easy life. The former potentially leads to complete destruction, while the latter may lead to biological or mental degeneration.[76] Possible means of annihilation via major global issues, where global interconnectedness actually makes humanity more vulnerable than resilient,[77] are many,[78] including war, accidental environmental contamination or damage, the development of biotechnology,[79] synthetic life like mirror life,[80] resource depletion, climate change,[81] or poorly-designed artificial intelligence.