09-09-2016, 05:50 AM
Tom,
beautiful photo - and stimulates a number of thoughts - not the least of which is whether any of those planetary systems produced life forms more intelligent than those in our "immediate neighborhood". Which brings me to:
that article is a complete load of drivel. There really is only one environmental/extinction problem: too many humans trying to survive on a limited patch of real estate and crowding out, and destroying habitat, of too many of our companion species. And being lectured at about the importance of preserving endangered species for future generations by someone who has produced offspring at twice the sustainable rate is rich indeed.
I look forward to the day that we can discover and communicate with some other more intelligent interstellar species to find out how they managed to avoid the fate we seem to be headed for - although can't imagine why they would want to communicate with us...
beautiful photo - and stimulates a number of thoughts - not the least of which is whether any of those planetary systems produced life forms more intelligent than those in our "immediate neighborhood". Which brings me to:
quote:
Originally posted by gypsy69
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150715-...ed-species
Mauna Kea's summit was discovered to be a very unique and fragile natural environment as well. This environment and the endangered species that live in it are both rare and worth saving for our next generations. jmo
that article is a complete load of drivel. There really is only one environmental/extinction problem: too many humans trying to survive on a limited patch of real estate and crowding out, and destroying habitat, of too many of our companion species. And being lectured at about the importance of preserving endangered species for future generations by someone who has produced offspring at twice the sustainable rate is rich indeed.
I look forward to the day that we can discover and communicate with some other more intelligent interstellar species to find out how they managed to avoid the fate we seem to be headed for - although can't imagine why they would want to communicate with us...