whaleross@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhat if the great filter of humanity is to overcome it's own nature that made it the dominant species of the planet and what if that is the universal great filter that makes the cosmos silentmessage-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down116
arrow-up1156arrow-down1message-squareWhat if the great filter of humanity is to overcome it's own nature that made it the dominant species of the planet and what if that is the universal great filter that makes the cosmos silentwhaleross@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareShardikprime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·6 months agoI mean there are multiple proposed filters. Suppose yours is correct. What is this humanity’s nature you speak of? Bravery? Foolishness? Wisdom? Violence? Greed? What what of those attributes haven’t we already overcome time and again? It’s much more probable that everyone out there is attentively listening to signals instead of radically changing their own mental processes. Or not
minus-squareBluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoWtf kinda world are you living in where humanity has overcome foolishness, violence, and greed?
minus-squarehaui@lemmy.giftedmc.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoI think they meant for five minutes because if you won, you won right?
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoExactly. Everyone thought nuclear war might be one of the great filters but we survived the Cold War. Nuclear weapons are no longer a concern, right? Right?
minus-squareShardikprime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoI mean I don’t see people practice nuclear drills anymore so yeah
minus-squareShardikprime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoSounds like little but it’s a lot and it compounds
minus-squareShardikprime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoI mean same as yours I hope? People do that daily, hope you grow to notice it. It’s nice when you do
I mean there are multiple proposed filters.
Suppose yours is correct. What is this humanity’s nature you speak of?
Bravery? Foolishness? Wisdom? Violence? Greed?
What what of those attributes haven’t we already overcome time and again?
It’s much more probable that everyone out there is attentively listening to signals instead of radically changing their own mental processes. Or not
Wtf kinda world are you living in where humanity has overcome foolishness, violence, and greed?
I think they meant for five minutes because if you won, you won right?
Exactly. Everyone thought nuclear war might be one of the great filters but we survived the Cold War. Nuclear weapons are no longer a concern, right? Right?
I mean I don’t see people practice nuclear drills anymore so yeah
Sounds like little but it’s a lot and it compounds
I mean same as yours I hope? People do that daily, hope you grow to notice it. It’s nice when you do