timtyler comments on Exterminating life is rational - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 06 August 2009 08:51:00PM 0 points [-]

Every orgainism you see has is the result of an unbroken chain of non-extinction that stretches back some 4 billion years. The rate of complete failure for living systems is not known - but it appears to have been extremely low so far.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 06 August 2009 09:25:43PM *  2 points [-]
  • Time compression did not start recently. (Well, it did, once you account for time compression.)

  • Bacteria have limited technological capabilities.