Thread by @iyad_elbaghdadi

Ok so here's a couple questions:
- How likely is it that we'll become an interplanetary species vs we'll just go extinct sooner or later?
- If the latter, will whatever eventually evolve to replace us look more or less like us, given that our basic design seems to work?

I mean we're the result of 3.7 billion years of earthbound evolution. We were created from the earth for the earth. Space exploration is cool but it's extremely unlikely that we find another earth reachable within a lifetime. Or be able to survive elsewhere on the solar system.

I mean sure maybe with the right technology and many decades of new advancements we can *maybe* survive on Mars or Venus etc. But it'll be shitty. Nobody in their right minds would want to actually move there (except if we really, really fuck up earth, way beyond now)

Meanwhile the two richest people on the planet (Musk and Bezos) are focused on reaching Mars even as earth itself gets fucked, not to mention our completely destructive social, economic, and political models. But I guess fixing earth isn't as sexy for enormous egos

I mean of course we'll go extinct eventually because the universe itself will (almost definitely) die. But to actually think our species will outlast earth? I mean the ego on us. We're 0.2 million years old. The earth is 4.5 billion and has 4 billion left. It will way outlast us.

Ok returning to top question. Whatever evolves to replace us will also move upright (at least to have extra appendages to use, like we have hands), will have a large brain, will be land-based. Nature keeps evolving crab-like creatures because the design works. Our design works?

Oh and on the matter of "sentient AI'. As a living human being you can't only think, you can *experience* thinking. The jury's out on whether computers can "think", but even if they do, they cannot *experience* thinking. Seriously, the ego on us thinking we'll create sentience.

Anyway not my usual material I know but it's the weekend and I don't want to think about anything related to "work". So here's my own prediction - smart monkeys that we are, we'll hop around the solar system and build a few bases, but won't really thrive anywhere but earth

I also think that life is rather rare and that if we find life elsewhere it'll be crummy and primitive. As for a planet capable of evolving something that looks like us (or better), I think that's very rare in the universe, rare enough to be unreachably distant from us

Also *if* there is a planet that's like earth or better than earth out there and we can somehow get there, there will most likely be advanced life on it too, probably advanced enough to blow up whatever space ships we send their way

I have to say that given our humble origins we're pretty darn impressive as a species

Kinda impressed by how many people interacted with this thread, so I'm gonna blame you all for the fact that I'm still awake. I thought I'll just tweet out some bs and go to bed

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إن يشأ يذهبكم ويأت بخلق جديد

Good night (for real this time)