Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/10/03/will-the-human-race-survive-th.html
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I’m really hoping that Betteridge’s law of headlines is not in force here.
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The short answer is looking like a NO…
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Great Filter? Bah!
I don’t see what’s so great about it.
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From the Wiki:
In 2010 there was a report of 16 similar pulses: clearly of terrestrial origin; detected by the Parkes radio telescope; and given the name perytons. In 2015 perytons were shown to be generated when microwave oven doors were suddenly opened during a heating cycle, with emission generated by the magnetron.
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Well, it’s two minutes to midnight, so, no.
Atomic Scientists have such a cheerful fun loving happy go lucky web site:
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I’m leaning towards a yes, but that doesn’t mean that the human race won’t fuck the world up for everything else.
Yes, the world will recover in time. Deep time.
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what has happened to other species that were the last of the genus ?
Well, I certainly won’t so, for all intents and purposes, no.
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typical human, just assuming the alien came from a non-responsible civilization.
Well, see that little word “last”…?
Man, I hope we get enough time to exterminate ourselves before a gamma ray burst hits.
We burn their liquefied remains because we’re too damn lazy to walk to the shops?
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Yes, all seven of us.
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With the way it’s going…
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If you look at the alien’s plot, power is exponential and responsibleness is linear, so it’s a matter of when, not if.
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I concur.
It will probably end way before the 22nd.
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I think that’s a plot showing the civilzations it happens to, not all civilizations.
That’s the rule for headlines with a question mark, isn’t it?
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