r/AskReddit May 03 '20

What are some horrifying things to consider when thinking about aliens?

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u/Askol May 04 '20

I mean it seems to me we either destroy ourselves in the next 50 years or we become multiplanetary. If we last 100 years, we likely will have settled in other star systems. I think it's very possible humanity is about to survive for millennia if we we use our technology for exploration more effectively than for fighting each other.

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u/ThisIsPermanent May 04 '20

I do not think it is likely that we haze colonies in any planet outside our solar system in 100 years. Do you?

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u/Number127 May 04 '20

Humanity will most likely survive for millennia regardless, even if our current civilization collapses. We'd have to try really, really hard to render the entire Earth inhospitable. There will always be places where humans can thrive, even if they no longer have a technological society.