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Morituri:
Has our civilization lasted since Homo Erectus? I would tend to say we've gone through scores of civilizations on the way. That hasn't prevented us from spreading across the planet. Anticipating that descendants will get out there and do things doesn't mean I think our *current* civilization is going to last - nor any civilization that comes after ours, really. It just means I think that as our civilizations come and go we'll keep surviving.
sitnspin:
The stutter step of human social, cultural, and technological development is punctuated by massive social upheaval and disastrous supply chain collapses. But we've always been within the relative safety of the planet. No matter what has happened, we still be surrounded by air, water and food. A similar collapse in space would have much more dire results.
I'm not saying galactic colonisation is impossible, I'm saying that the sheet scope of the barriers to it makes it far from inevitable.
Tova:
I want to propose a new term, Memey-Mcmemeface, to describe the proposition of an idea, not because it is considered a good idea, and not even because it is considered a funny idea, but because the entire idea of proposing the idea as a serious idea is considered hilarious.
I was trying to come up with a term for the entire phenomenon of declaring Die Hard to be a Christmas film.
LTK:
I think the same kind of people who declare a hot dog a sandwich, declare Die Hard a Christmas film.
Grognard:
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