sledgehammer
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Joined: Sep. 2008
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Reasons the universe and our location in it is poorly suited for humans and human scientific discovery.
Counterpoint to “The Privileged Planet”
What a waste!
1. The universe is far too vast for humans to travel to even a tiny fraction of it.
2. Distances between planets and solar systems are far too large for us to navigate.
3. The universal speed limit, c, is far too low to make exploration practical.
4. Normal visible matter constitutes a tiny fraction of the total mass-energy. The rest, dark matter and dark energy are of no value to us.
5. Antimatter is very hard to come by, needlessly restricting our technology .
Earth sucks!
1. Our sun is unstable and using up fuel way too fast, spraying high energy particles and harmful radiation at us to no good end.
2. Gravity is far too strong to suit us. Makes reaching orbit very expensive, ruins our knees far too soon, and makes bridges and tall building much too difficult to engineer.
3. There’s not enough oxygen to be able to exploit all the available topography.
4. Water is far too opaque and heavy to allow us to use the 70% of available surface area.
Humans are weak!
1. We don’t live nearly long enough to allow us to achieve our full potential.
2. We can’t see but a very small fraction of the useful electromagnetic spectrum.
3. We can’t hardly even lift our own weight.
4. We can’t last even a measly week without water.
5. Some of us can’t seem to use even a small fraction of the brains we were born with.
I could go on and on ...
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The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny is alleviated by their lack of consistency. -A. Einstein (H/T, JAD)
If evolution is true, you could not know that it's true because your brain is nothing but chemicals. ?Think about that. -K. Hovind
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