Not GP but yeah I do feel there are some serious ethical problems created by the proliferation of humans and subsequent mass extinction event. Do you not?
replyNo, I'm biased toward our species, and feel that our terrestrial diaspora helped us to survive, and an interstellar one would too.
replyEthical problems being created by a scenario does not necessarily mean that you should not execute that scenario. Sometimes you're caught between a rock and a hard place, and ethical problems are created regardless.
replyThere are ethical problems created by any conscious action. That doesn’t make sapience problematic per se.
replyI'm Brazilian, I'm feeling the world ending effects of colonization today with the US actively sabotaging our democratic election process, so you bet I do, but anyone with a bit of humanity would also feel the same way.
replyhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/trump-state-...
Wild leap from biome-destroying alien colonization to election interference. Quite imaginative.
replyOnly if you don't really understand ethics.
replyOr Brazilian politics. https://apnews.com/article/brazil-elections-amazon-lula-flav...
replyNobody understands Brazilian politics as of now, and if anybody tells you they do they're lying. We're living in unprecedented times, literally.
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