I'd call it an article written by a silly, depressive guy. His basic theory is that if we find signs of failed life (or even less evolved life) anywhere
in the universe, but on Earth, that humanity is doomed to slaughter itself or get smited out of existence by bad luck... and that if we are the first and only
livable planet everything is super, special awesome. He has a very simple black and white view of the universe.
He basically writes off the idea that we could be on the same rough tech level as the other intelligent life... which means he has the idea that we are the
UBER of the universe or the dust mites of the universe. He also has the idea that if there is more advanced life than us its has to instance zoom directly
towards us... for some reason we MUST be the buglight of the universe or other intelligent life is non existent. Nevermind that the theoretical more advanced
life could go towards one of the other theoretical intelligent life forms out there besides us. Alien intelligences are on his lawn demanding Starbucks and
Bacoes or they can't exist or their existance means time of humanity is doomed to end soon.
Its a black and wihte, simple, 2D view of the universe. One that seems to be unable to comprend that we could just be out of range of communication... or that
they are filming us in secret for their version of Animal Planet or the Discovery Channel or they went to a nearer star first. I mean we can barely see most
planets as sensor echoes or gravitic dibs in the EM spectrum... and nevermind the light we see reflected off those planets is centuries old in most cases if
not older, so its old news to see the new images (from the light that just got here at lightspeed) anyway... I find his knowledge of our ability to see extra
solar planets dubious.
Its bad logic... and assumes that the presense or absense of other lifeforms is completely responsable whether or not humanity obliterates itself. In
otherwords he presents the view that if extra terran life exists then we have proof that We Are All Going To DIE!!! (as a species)... and if Earth has the only
life in existance... then Humanity Can Hope To Continue Existing... and there is still a chance that We Are NOT All Going To DIE!!! (as a species). Which is
basically irrelevant to if humanity wipes itself out. It provides the view that other life (or proof there ever was other life) is the determining factor in
whether or not Man can/will obliterate itself.
in the universe, but on Earth, that humanity is doomed to slaughter itself or get smited out of existence by bad luck... and that if we are the first and only
livable planet everything is super, special awesome. He has a very simple black and white view of the universe.
He basically writes off the idea that we could be on the same rough tech level as the other intelligent life... which means he has the idea that we are the
UBER of the universe or the dust mites of the universe. He also has the idea that if there is more advanced life than us its has to instance zoom directly
towards us... for some reason we MUST be the buglight of the universe or other intelligent life is non existent. Nevermind that the theoretical more advanced
life could go towards one of the other theoretical intelligent life forms out there besides us. Alien intelligences are on his lawn demanding Starbucks and
Bacoes or they can't exist or their existance means time of humanity is doomed to end soon.
Its a black and wihte, simple, 2D view of the universe. One that seems to be unable to comprend that we could just be out of range of communication... or that
they are filming us in secret for their version of Animal Planet or the Discovery Channel or they went to a nearer star first. I mean we can barely see most
planets as sensor echoes or gravitic dibs in the EM spectrum... and nevermind the light we see reflected off those planets is centuries old in most cases if
not older, so its old news to see the new images (from the light that just got here at lightspeed) anyway... I find his knowledge of our ability to see extra
solar planets dubious.
Its bad logic... and assumes that the presense or absense of other lifeforms is completely responsable whether or not humanity obliterates itself. In
otherwords he presents the view that if extra terran life exists then we have proof that We Are All Going To DIE!!! (as a species)... and if Earth has the only
life in existance... then Humanity Can Hope To Continue Existing... and there is still a chance that We Are NOT All Going To DIE!!! (as a species). Which is
basically irrelevant to if humanity wipes itself out. It provides the view that other life (or proof there ever was other life) is the determining factor in
whether or not Man can/will obliterate itself.