Comment on Other Existential Risks

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:27:45 GMT

Yes, a permanent obstruction is an existential risk. There is some discussion of ways in which a nuclear war could permanently obstruct our reaching the stars, but I'm not sure the risk is that high.

Full-on runaway global warming is absolutely an existential risk - it will do more than delay us if the planet turns into Venus. Again this isn't considered a very likely outcome.

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