29 Replies
foreign-sapphire•2mo ago
nuking ourselves into oblivion
protestant-coral•2mo ago
Wouldn't be surprised
i want to have hope for the future
world peace probably isnt going to come very soon at all
terraforming mars is just elon musk's dream
not going to happen ANY TIME SOON
intelligent extraterrestrial life? maybe, but the chances are low
understanding what happens inside a black hole? depends on ur definition of understand, we already have theories
a type-1 civilization seems like a vague goal
disease curing seems like the one that could actually happen the soonest
humans are too stupid to do any of these
protestant-coral•2mo ago
It's funny how nobody has voted world peace lmfao
Probably the least likely out of the six
Which is honestly sad
doubt it
noble-gold•2mo ago
fully
the issue isnt intelligence (except in leadership, i guess)
its funds and attention
protestant-coral•2mo ago
I don't understand why we still are unable to cure so many diseases such as cancer
Considering our technology it's weird
Also aren't humans calculated to reach a Type-I civilization in the 24th century or smth
I could be wrong
i think we are fully capable of it, even right now, but the people who are capable of it don't really want to
protestant-coral•2mo ago
Honestly, sometimes conspiracy theorists aren't THAT far-fetched
the ones that are popular usually just have no reason for what they are saying
"the earth is FLAT and the EVIL SECRET GOVERNMENT is HIDING IT from you!!"
okay. literally why
what benefit would they gain from that
slight exaggeration
people just cant get along that well enough to properly cooperate
if every country worked together for only the better cause and not for profit the disease one is getting pretty close
i do think the world is, overall, tending towards more peaceful times
more peaceful than it was in the past
that is ultimately going to be what helps most of these come true
protestant-coral•2mo ago
People tend to understand each other more throughout the years, it IS improving
i heavily doubt mars is being terraformed unless world peace is first accomplished
protestant-coral•2mo ago
Homophobia and misogyny are no longer normalized
im not sure what the exact definition of type 1 civilization is but it also seems like it relies upon world peace
protestant-coral•2mo ago
At least by the majority
It has something to do with energy consumption
A type 1 civilization can harness energy from the planet itself
IIRC
protestant-coral•2mo ago
Gosh the google AI overview is so troublesoming
Anyway we are apparently expected to reach a type 1 civilization within 85-225 years
https://livetechnology.medium.com/when-will-we-reach-type-one-civilization-on-the-kardashev-scale-2cf06a644f0b
60% of these would probably require world peace to happen in the first place
and 30% would probably also require being a Type I civilization
correct-apricot•2mo ago
I already know that everything in our world will just get worse in the future
why
optimistic-gold•2mo ago
Given that we have an idea of how the universe looked like billions of years ago and what happens inside of stars, when burning and when they die
What black holes are in the first place
I find it probable that, maybe quite soon, we will have a theory of what happens inside of one, that seems put together enough that we accept it as how things are
we dont
it would be easier with one
but we don’t need one
the thing i think we need would be world peace because you would need a lot of resources and without world peace it would be impossible to get that many resources or energy
protestant-coral•2mo ago
Dang, so 44% of y'all are just hopeless about our future
Not that I can blame you
i mean some of these are pretty impossible
find cure to all diseases?
theres a bunch of undiscovered diseases and new ones pop up randomly every so often
discovering intelligent alien life isn’t dependent on humans
its dependent on that alien life existing