Stephen Kahn
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read

Ethan Siegel trying to expand my mind with

Is Humanity Ignoring Our First Chance For A Mission To An Oort Cloud Object?

Sedna could be the very first known object from the Inner Oort Cloud. But time is running out to create and launch a mission.

Now my nonsense.

Homo sapiens too much loves going to war and trying to destroy our own species than exploring the universe, which would actually cost a fraction of what we spend on species suicide.

If our planet’s history provides even a small clue, there is no intelligent life in the universe. Self awareness is — in a modestly long run [300,000 years or so] not an evolutionary advantage.

Lack of communication from other species may be the result of the vast distances, the unlikelihood of life emerging by accident, or sentience not being all its cracked up to be.

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