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Originally posted by shadowspecter:
what I meant about "hope for mankind" is that will we really exist long enough to year 2100? We all have to admit...humans are by far the most pathetic things that walked the Earth. I say that there is no hope for mankind because I have no faith. I also highly doubt that humans will reach Pluto...ever...due to how slow technology is developing. Probably another Cold War might help give it a boost and maybe we might even reach Mars.
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Ahhh, nothing makes me go all warm and fuzzy like unrepentant youthful nihilism [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
And no, we don't "have to admit that humans are by far the most pathetic things that walked the planet". If
you want to think that, then by all means do so. But I'm curious as to why you've come to that conclusion? What is it about the people around you, and the images you see of the world itself, that makes you think so disdainfully of your own species? Is this something you have thought alot about? Or are you merely parroting the words of your favourite heavy metal musicians?
Nothing wrong with that of course, but I need to know whether you are a genuine thinker or not if we are to get anywhere with further philosophising [img]smile.gif[/img]
Oh, and I would say that technology is developing at break-neck speed! We may not reach Mars in your lifetime, but in all honesty your lifetime isn't all that important. The important thing is that it CAN be done, and so long as political, environmental and economic forces can be sufficiently balanced, our species WILL achieve any goal it collectively sets.
Before we go any further though, I suggest you remove any notion of self-importance that you may have. Forget your immediate needs or wants, forget any ideas of how you think the world
should be, and try your hardest to see the world as it is. Truth doesn't actually exist, you will never actually
see the 'real' world, but
trying to see it is a good way to align your mind and get rid of any egocentric confusion you might have...