Comments on: Or maybe they’re keeping quiet for a reason https://didacticmind.com/2016/01/or-maybe-theyre-keeping-quiet-for-reason.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:40:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2016/01/or-maybe-theyre-keeping-quiet-for-reason.html#comment-3437 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:54:20 +0000 #comment-3437 In reply to Dire Badger.

They are kind of downers as sci-fi books go, I know. There are some fascinating concepts discussed in between all the death and carnage and mayhem, etc.- like the usage of matter and anti-matter "bullets" to destroy the Earth…

]]> By: Dire Badger https://didacticmind.com/2016/01/or-maybe-theyre-keeping-quiet-for-reason.html#comment-3436 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:58:24 +0000 #comment-3436 In reply to Dire Badger.

Dude, that was seriously depressing.

]]> By: Dire Badger https://didacticmind.com/2016/01/or-maybe-theyre-keeping-quiet-for-reason.html#comment-3435 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:45:22 +0000 #comment-3435 In reply to Dire Badger.

BTW, took your advice, bought forge of god and anvil of stars, never was a big Greg bear fan before.

Europa disappeared… creeeepy.

]]> By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2016/01/or-maybe-theyre-keeping-quiet-for-reason.html#comment-3434 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:34:45 +0000 #comment-3434 In reply to Dire Badger.

Our potential is utterly limitless, and if god DOES play dice, he HAS to be cheating.

Except for libprogs. Their potential is limited because they evolved to shed their brains, spines, balls, and guts.

]]> By: Dire Badger https://didacticmind.com/2016/01/or-maybe-theyre-keeping-quiet-for-reason.html#comment-3433 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 20:51:55 +0000 #comment-3433 Actually, it's not JUST the moon. The fact is, we also have both the enormous vacuum cleaner of Jupiter, and two MORE emergency backup system cleaners in the form of Neptune and Venus that absorb extinction-level debris on an almost DAILY basis.

It's not just that we are a rare occurence, quite possibly utterly unique in the Galaxy… the chance is so small that we may be the only intelligent life in THOUSANDS of galaxies of the same size as ours.

We may indeed be truly unique in the universe… that is why it behooves us to explore and expand throughout the universe, to ensure that intelligent life persists in some way or form.

We may indeed wind up being the 'progenitor race'. The first, or the one that uplifts or creates the rest. Our potential is utterly limitless, and if god DOES play dice, he HAS to be cheating.

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