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timtyler comments on [LINK] Neil deGrasse Tyson on killer asteroids - Less Wrong Discussion

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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.