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[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We are sufficiently deadly that in order for something to pose a credible threat to us, we have to make it up and give it powers that don't exist in reality. And even then, most of the time, we still win.

This is false. We already pose a very real, credible threat to us.

[–] MoreOrLess@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

And we're so deadly that we're sure to get us too. We're just that deadly

[–] Zellith@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Humans are a government conspiracy.

[–] sfgifz@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

#wearetheterminators

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The odds of humanity wiping out humanity are pretty low. The odds of humanity wiping out human civilisation is pretty fucking high though.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Eh, it's not like we haven't destroyed entire civilizations before for all manner of stupid reasons. What could possibly go wrong? /s