You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
As far as Earth goes, I'm an isolationist. Humans should not attempt to contact aliens. Humans should terraform nearby planets and moons (though, not the ones in our solar system, because they are our planets and you don't do that to your own. Mars and Venus are just too pretty to exploit.) and asteroids, but only in order to reduce the strain on Earth so as to allow Humanity to undo the effects of industrialization and continent-connecting, and also to reduce the human population on Earth.
But, as far as aliens go, if they try to visit Earth, they should be told to not visit Earth. If they refuse, said aliens should be exploded. Aliens have the ight to do the same to humans attempting to visit alien-inhabited planets. Trade with alien species is unacceptable and should not even be considered, as we don't want alien goods on Earth. There is too much of a risk of accidentally bringing alien microbes or spores or alien forms of life over, in which case Earth is compromised and now has to deal with potentially invasive species and potential biochemical calamity (think chestnut blight, smallpox, etc).
Likewise, humans are not to visit planets inhabited by aliens. We don't want to accidentally eradicate aliens.
Aliens are not to be allowed to settle on Earth or human-inhabited planets, and humans are not to be allowed to settle on alien planets. Contact is disastrous for everyone.
I just don't want some alien fungus on my arm excreting fluids that cause my flesh to decay so said alien fungus can slowly digest my decayed tissue. (Chestnut blight)
I don't want the larvae of some alien pet chomping the heads off earth creatures. (kittens and puppies eating native rodents, frogs, fish, and birds)
I don't want aliens illegally buying up large tracts of biologically crucial earth land so as to drain it and put an amusement park. (disney)
I don't want aliens doing some legal mumbo-jumbo allowing them to buy the Earth from other aliens (louisiana purchase).
And heck, these are ll examples based on things Americans have done to America without the express purpose of mucking things up.
Alien businesses mucking it up with crucial rainforests or anything. (palm oil in Borneo) -shudder-
And that's not even getting into possible alien colonialism or imperialism. And that's not even getting into what would happen if we went to war with the aliens.
See, we need world peace so we can present a unified front in case the aliens want to settle on Earth, or mine it.
This is why I sympathize with the government goons in E.T.. Zombie outbreaks don't scare me nearly as much as do Alien Jefferson, Alien Churchill, and Alien Disney.
Or, maybe, the aliens are nice and don't want to exploit the Earth or oppress its natives. Maybe their use of resources is based in a history and economic understanding that has nothing to do with human capitalism. Maybe they're too alien for us to even comprehend.
Surely it shows a lack of imagination to assume that any first contact MUST go the same way that Columbus's did? And surely, by assuming that capitalistic imperialism and colonialism are the default of all cultures when dealing with unfamiliar lands, I am in some way excusing historical imperialism by assuming it to have been the "typical" or "default" path?
skepta acting like the barbican is some council estate and them flats arent worth 1.5 mil each. skeen, its so ghetto they have a world leading contemporary arts centre in the basement
skepta acting like the barbican is some council estate and them flats arent worth 1.5 mil each. skeen, its so ghetto they have a world leading contemporary arts centre in the basement
words that are very different in meaning despite being similar in sound:
tenuous (thin and almost not there. derived from Latin "tenius", which means "thin"; that word itself is from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning thin.) tenacious (holding on firmly, clinging. derived from Latin "tenere", which means "to hold", which itself is derived from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning to stretch.)
The two roots are probably ultimately from the same source, and the two aren't mutually exclusive, but the meanings are certainly not commonly used together.
Yea but that is a sentiment I've seen before and not just on reddit, I think it's worth discussing even if the way the article was written made it sound like it was about a single reddit comment.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
First paragraph of "Costa Rica is a laboratory, not ecotopia", by Mario A. Boza, Diane Jukofsky, and Chris Wille (published in Conservation Biology, vol. 9 #3, pp. 684-685, June 1995)
In his response to Mario Boza's account of the evolution of the Costa Rican park system (7:239-247), J. Robert Hunter bayonets some straw men and alludes to two issues central to conservation biology. Hunter's commentary, "Is Costa Rica Truly Conservation Minded?" (8:592-595), lists some of the more visible and ongoing environmental problems and questions whether or not true progress is being made in this Central American country famous for its conservation programs.
Oh, so this is the scholarly journal equivalent of a flamewar. Sweet.
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Meh, I'm going to get into some nice fluffy pyjamas and have a nap.
But, as far as aliens go, if they try to visit Earth, they should be told to not visit Earth. If they refuse, said aliens should be exploded. Aliens have the ight to do the same to humans attempting to visit alien-inhabited planets. Trade with alien species is unacceptable and should not even be considered, as we don't want alien goods on Earth. There is too much of a risk of accidentally bringing alien microbes or spores or alien forms of life over, in which case Earth is compromised and now has to deal with potentially invasive species and potential biochemical calamity (think chestnut blight, smallpox, etc).
Likewise, humans are not to visit planets inhabited by aliens. We don't want to accidentally eradicate aliens.
Aliens are not to be allowed to settle on Earth or human-inhabited planets, and humans are not to be allowed to settle on alien planets. Contact is disastrous for everyone.
I don't want the larvae of some alien pet chomping the heads off earth creatures. (kittens and puppies eating native rodents, frogs, fish, and birds)
I don't want aliens illegally buying up large tracts of biologically crucial earth land so as to drain it and put an amusement park. (disney)
I don't want aliens doing some legal mumbo-jumbo allowing them to buy the Earth from other aliens (louisiana purchase).
And heck, these are ll examples based on things Americans have done to America without the express purpose of mucking things up.
Alien businesses mucking it up with crucial rainforests or anything. (palm oil in Borneo) -shudder-
And that's not even getting into possible alien colonialism or imperialism. And that's not even getting into what would happen if we went to war with the aliens.
See, we need world peace so we can present a unified front in case the aliens want to settle on Earth, or mine it.
This is why I sympathize with the government goons in E.T.. Zombie outbreaks don't scare me nearly as much as do Alien Jefferson, Alien Churchill, and Alien Disney.
when rick does not all black clothes it turns out really nice
Well known bastion of low prices, London.
Friday is going to be a... thing.
tenuous (thin and almost not there. derived from Latin "tenius", which means "thin"; that word itself is from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning thin.)
tenacious (holding on firmly, clinging. derived from Latin "tenere", which means "to hold", which itself is derived from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning to stretch.)
The two roots are probably ultimately from the same source, and the two aren't mutually exclusive, but the meanings are certainly not commonly used together.
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but it's not every day that the dumb things people say on reddit get spun into news articles
In his response to Mario Boza's account of the evolution of the Costa Rican park system (7:239-247), J. Robert Hunter bayonets some straw men and alludes to two issues central to conservation biology. Hunter's commentary, "Is Costa Rica Truly Conservation Minded?" (8:592-595), lists some of the more visible and ongoing environmental problems and questions whether or not true progress is being made in this Central American country famous for its conservation programs.
Oh, so this is the scholarly journal equivalent of a flamewar. Sweet.