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Comment author: timtyler 04 April 2012 05:05:44PM 1 point [-]

The article says:

If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, we would be the laughing stock of aliens in the galaxy, for having a large brain and a space program, yet we met the same fate as that pea-brained, space program-less dinosaurs that came before us.

More likely they would appreciate that we had more important stuff to get on with - and happened to be the victims of exceptionally bad luck.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 05 April 2012 06:55:35AM 1 point [-]

No, I don't think that's how they'd view an unwillingness to set aside a miniscule fraction of our resources to prevent absolute destruction.

Comment author: timtyler 05 April 2012 01:53:21PM 0 points [-]

Well, it depends on the details. We face other more pressing risks than asteroid strikes - and we do already allocate some resources to preventing such strikes - that's part of how we know what the risks are.

Obliteration doesn't prove negligence - it's a risky universe out there.

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