[HN Gopher] Countries' climate promises not enough to avoid cata...
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       Countries' climate promises not enough to avoid catastrophic global
       warming
        
       Author : geox
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2022-10-26 22:01 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | esarbe wrote:
       | At this point I've basically given up hope and come to the
       | grudging admission that ecosystem destruction through predatory
       | exploitation is probably the Hard Filter behind the Fermi
       | paradox.
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       | Any species evolving in an environment defined by the competition
       | for resources and hitting the same - or similar - exploits in the
       | game engine as humanity (tool use and cooperation), seems
       | destined to be the victim of its own success.
       | 
       | The primary behavioral mechanisms that would prepare a species
       | for such an unlikely success - e.g. "don't consume more resources
       | than strictly required" - would never make it through the
       | selection process.
       | 
       | So we end up with the power of gods and the appetites of locusts.
        
         | Micoloth wrote:
         | I agree.. Except that, our exploits are so good now that we are
         | not going to be victims of anything. Humans will adapt and
         | continue to expand, we are absolutely not in danger I think.
         | 
         | As for wiping out any other living ecosystem that is not
         | directly in symbiosis with our food production chain, that's a
         | completely different story, and very likely.
         | 
         | I don't know if this is less or more sad..
        
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