Re: The Fermi Paradox and SETI Success

On Aug 15, 1:18�am, John Harshman mumbled:


That was Chris. B's second bizarre, stream-of-consciousness post in this
thread. What newsgroup does he/she usually live in, and is he/she always
like that?


Merely pointing out the gaping flaws in the acceptance that the human
race is an optimised intelligence.Thanks to "man's" intelligence
working alone we are on the brink of destroying our only home. Most of
our human population enjoys utterly apalling living conditions with a
large fraction suffering constant hunger and an almost stone age
existence. Only a vanishingly small minority truly enjoy any degree of
security in their comfortable existence. And their sopoilt offspring
are feeling so guilty they hide their pain in drugs ad self abuse. No
form of poltical organisation yet tried has provided reasonable
stability, security and equality except for the left-of-center
Scandinavian form of proportional representation.  This is now under
severe threat from economic immigration and a massive move to the
political right to try and limit the damage already done. The vast
majority of the human race which is actively employed has a totally
pointless job intended only to keep them employed and ensure the
wealth passes constantly upwards to the very few. Our rituals and
superstitions are holding back billions from an active and productive
life by actually doing something useful for the human race. Or at the
very least causing it no obvious harm. Woman's present place in our
male-organised world is utterly incomprehensivbe for a planet on the
edge of the precipice. Do you advocate more of the same as we don our
diving suits and brace ourselves against mass exctinction? Only to be
replaced by the same petty "biggest ape" warlord system which has
flourished since man fell out of a tree onto his head.  Basically, we
are all fucked. No Drake equation and sciencespeak jousting online is
going to save the planet.The dominant male ape is just that and plays
the part to the full. Even down to the narrow set eyes and bulging
eyebrow ridges. (you couldn't make it up!) Bizzarre? Yes of course. To
someone without the slightest grasp of the dangers now facing this
particular "intelligent species". Our personal security is no higher
than at any time in history and much of the worlds GNP is spent on
protecting the economically strong from the billions of weak and
hungry.  Our perfomance as a race is pathetic based on the present and
past ability to support the general population in comfort and limit
dangerous expansion and inevitable conflict for resources. We have no
capacity for avoiding war because of the veto right of the most
corrupt governments/arms dealers on the planet. Who have always
managed to swing the entire planet's orbit around their advantages of
natural resources thanks to the economic habits of the great white
shark. Dangerous monopolies abound. Not least in the communication of
the daily misery to the entire planet's population. The superrich,
superright own the TV stations, the papers and the magazines. Their
record of sharing the truth and ensuring natural justice is no better
than apalling.  Our planet's ability to surive our human plague is
growing literally weaker by the moment.  Species are dropping like
flies. We cannot even offer survival to the prettiest and cuddliest
animals on the planet! Yet  we have several guns and a ton of
amunition for every man, woman and child still scraping a.living from
the bare, parched earth with their fingernails. The status quo is
locked down and nothing must veer the superrich, superright  from
enjoying the fruits of the labours of others. Human cooperation is a
farce fousted by top down ideas.  Our whole world can be thought of as
a South American banana republic crossed with Wallmart and CocaCola
all writ large. Our streets become increasingly dangerous as
governments introduce yet more surveillance systems and forces and
restrict our freedoms in the name of safety. Bin Laden was bought
incredibly cheaply considering how he helped them to armour themselves
against public protest. We prod the billions of poor with a sharp
stick and endlessly deny them justice and peace and then call them
terrorists when they lash out in pain and frustration. Our dwindling
energy reserves are in the hands of the most evil men on the planet
without a shred of morality. There is no sign of a sea change in the
thinking of the ultra-right political puppeteers as they steer the
bobbing craft of self-seeking incompetents towards the roaring chasm.
If most of the human race were destroyed by an asteroid tomorrow the
few survivors would ape our present system to perfection. They have no
choice. They *are* apes. No lore and no less. Nothing could be more
bizarre than the present global set up and the imminent dangers we all
face. If we don't evolve from the "biggest male" dominates monkey
group soon you can kiss both your arses goodbye, John.

Me Bizarre? You Monkey!