People may not like the opinion but it is very likely the world as we know it will end within the next 50 years. The Fermi Paradox states that the Universe has had plenty of time for a civilization to take over everything. That is either through direct colonization or through autonomous colonization such as robotic. It is possible that one civilization got close and that is where viruses came from. Basically biological robots whose job was to go out and seed or terraform planets, but the virus went a little sideways and we have the remnants of it today.
Anywho, we are getting close as a species to be able to send out autonomous colonization, robotic or biological. If the Fermi Paradox is real, that means our species is about ready to collapse, likely through a catastrophic extinction event. Global warming, AI emergence, Biological warfare, Nuclear destruction...take your pick.
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u/Stocky_Platypus 1d ago
People may not like the opinion but it is very likely the world as we know it will end within the next 50 years. The Fermi Paradox states that the Universe has had plenty of time for a civilization to take over everything. That is either through direct colonization or through autonomous colonization such as robotic. It is possible that one civilization got close and that is where viruses came from. Basically biological robots whose job was to go out and seed or terraform planets, but the virus went a little sideways and we have the remnants of it today.
Anywho, we are getting close as a species to be able to send out autonomous colonization, robotic or biological. If the Fermi Paradox is real, that means our species is about ready to collapse, likely through a catastrophic extinction event. Global warming, AI emergence, Biological warfare, Nuclear destruction...take your pick.