deadman_932
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| Quote (sledgehammer @ Nov. 04 2009,13:49) | Reasons the universe and our location in it is poorly suited for humans and human scientific discovery.
Counterpoint to “The Privileged Planet”
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I'm sure many people are aware that there's a lot of s-f devoted to the notion that Earth, far from being priviliged in any cosmic sense, is "really" a prison planet for weak, puny beings such as ourselves that are nonetheless virally capable of exporting our violent madness elsewhere.
We're a long ways away from even the nearest Proxima Centauri, much less a nice habitable planet (terraforming notwithstanding). We're unsuited for space-travel, we're pretty fragile compared to lots of other critters we already know of, and we lack the ability to go very far during our own lives, anyway.
Yep, the Priviliged Planet is a Galactic insane asylum.
PROVE ME WRONG, FLOATY!
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AtBC Award for Thoroughness in the Face of Creationism
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