Living beyond our means: second earth needed

Skybird · 10-30-08, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

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Originally Posted by Skybird

By our record so far, this seems to be what it most likely is coming down to. But no other mammal goes down the drain so well-entertained like we are. So keep on smiling while we fall - you are on TV!

Reminds me of the Romans :hmm:

One thing that has always struck me was the following quote from The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells:

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And before we judge them too harshly, we must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and dodo, but upon its own inferior races. The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness, were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants in the space of fifty years. Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit.

Yes, and this one by Johannes Kepler:

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“But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited?....Are we or they Lords of the World?....And how are all things made for man?”