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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I still think we should be looking inward instead of outward. There has never been an instinction level event on this planet that wiped out all life. Some animals were always able to adapt. The key is to figure why those animals survived and follow that direction. I could see having an escape vessel ready just in case, but putting our planet's resources into developing another planet just doesn't seem right. If it fails (and it likely would), then you just end up wasting resources that belong here and could be helping people here.
Anyhow, instiction is inescapable no matter what. You can't stop the process of evolution and eventually, we will be an instict ancestor species for whatever our decendents evolve into.
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Sorry, have to... If it was once then probably not but...
EXTINCT not INSTINCT
EXTINCTION no INSTINCTION (whatever that is)
As for the post, I dunno. Your points are correct for this planet, but there's a good possibility we've just been lucky, like we have with so many things that led to our eventual evolution. It's quite possible that disasters like that are far more common to other planets and other forms of life.
I think it's a risk we have to take eventually, we might as well get started.
I do agree with the emotion of your post though, we definitely need to take care of this planet and it's people better. But going to the stars may end up being easier than having a self sustaining peaceful culture here. As humans we have evolved to explore, conquer, and act on greed. Filling up the petri dish then jumping out seems a lot more like us than learning to live within the petri dish.