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Article #3646Re: averting doom
From: Stephen F. Schaffner
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:50
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 20:50
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In article <Jan.8.15.28.14.1993.12014@ruhets.rutgers.edu>, bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner) writes: |> bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes: |> |> >>> WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Life on Earth as we know it will |> >>> come to an end in 1,500 million years ... |> |> >Do you seriously believe that a species capable of creating |> >and enjoying The Love Boat is capable also of learning |> >galactic engineering? |> |> A better question in my opinion is whether a species capable of |> creating and enjoying The Love Boat *should* be saved from doom. Or whether the much-deserved doom has already arrived in the form of The Love Boat (could the extinction of all life really be that much worse?). -- Steve Schaffner sschaff@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu The opinions expressed may be mine, and may not be those of SLAC, Stanford University, or the DOE.
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Newsgroups: sci.astro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!unixhub!roc.SLAC.Stanford.EDU!sschaff From: sschaff@roc.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Stephen F. Schaffner) Subject: Re: averting doom Message-ID: <C0Jz8L.1pH@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center References: <JMC.92Dec29211051@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> <1992Dec30.161445.12236@unocal.com> <ZOWIE.93Jan7001325@daedalus.stanford.edu> <1iiddsINNmpn@chnews.intel.com> <Jan.8.15.28.14.1993.12014@ruhets.rutgers.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:50:44 GMT Lines: 21