This may or may not be inspired by the nebula original abolish everything, a show I have not watched.

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    5 days ago

    The ability for human beings to advance scientific knowledge further than it currently exists.

    Something needs to protect the rest of the galaxy from us.

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      5 days ago

      Ah, the Amish Philosophy.

      Pick a time period and stick to it like it’s a moral virtue

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        5 days ago

        LOL, the Amish Philosophy.

        Nothing so crude. I simply think it’s better for the universe if we don’t propagate it, because we’re not a good enough example for other species to follow yet. It’s not about respecting “God’s” law so much as acknowledging humanity’s limitations. We’re a pathetic species, not ready for rulership over multiple planets, let alone multiple solar systems. My comment simply suggests I don’t have confidence we ever will be. This has nothing to do with the Amish belief that we’re better in a simplistic state; just that the universe is better without us in whatever state.

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          You include earth in that?

          I guess I’m wondering if you’d agree things would be better if humans didn’t exist.

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            4 days ago

            Largely, yeah. I think it would have been fine if we’d stayed in the Iron Age. Things started getting fucked up with the Industrial Revolution.

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              Did you know that that painting was the reserve of the rich before the industrial revolution and the invention of synthetic pigments?

              Now we let toddlers play with paints at preschool.