'The End is Near'-- but from whom?
by mregnor
It seems that humanity isn't listening to our science masters:
But What Would the End of Humanity Mean for Me?
Preeminent scientists are warning about serious threats to human life in the not-distant future, including climate change and superintelligent computers. Most people don't care...
I wonder why it is that people don't seem to care when scientists tell them that the apocalypse is upon us?
Perhaps it's because people remember the Malthusian apocalypses, and the Eugenic apocalypses, and the Pesticide apocalypses, and the Overpopulation apocalypses, and the Global Cooling apocalypses, and the Acid Rain apocalypses, and the Heterosexual AIDS apocalypses.
Scientists have been shoveling bullshit for a couple of centuries now, and people are smart enough to know when government contractors (which is what scientists are) hype imminent catastrophes to gin up funding and draw attention to themselves.
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by mregnor
It seems that humanity isn't listening to our science masters:
But What Would the End of Humanity Mean for Me?
Preeminent scientists are warning about serious threats to human life in the not-distant future, including climate change and superintelligent computers. Most people don't care...
I wonder why it is that people don't seem to care when scientists tell them that the apocalypse is upon us?
Perhaps it's because people remember the Malthusian apocalypses, and the Eugenic apocalypses, and the Pesticide apocalypses, and the Overpopulation apocalypses, and the Global Cooling apocalypses, and the Acid Rain apocalypses, and the Heterosexual AIDS apocalypses.
Scientists have been shoveling bullshit for a couple of centuries now, and people are smart enough to know when government contractors (which is what scientists are) hype imminent catastrophes to gin up funding and draw attention to themselves.
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