• ceenote@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        There is a theory that the reason we haven’t found other intelligent life in the universe is that it inevitably destroys itself.

        • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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          3 hours ago

          If we hadn’t had fossil fuels, including Uranium and Plutonium, we wouldn’t be able to wipe ourselves out quickly and likely a few would always survive all self made catastrophies.

          There may be species out there who don’t have this stuff on their planets. Maybe we’ll meet them one day.