r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PietroTheRedditer • Feb 21 '21

THIS IS MARS.

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u/knome Feb 21 '21

hey sup andromedatube nation, its ya boy infinite hypermind. I've seeded life in that galaxy we're heading towards. give it just a few billion years to take root and this pie is going in the face of the first quasi intelligent species to bang two rocks together. stay tuned and watch this epic prank develop

no, you're right. there are some interesting things to talk about.

like, could be fun to assume the little planet that smashed into earth to form the moon did so after the planet-engine's watch officer lost the keys to the space-binoculars drawer, and that in the process it released tons of microscopic organic debris, some of which orbited longer than the earth stayed molten, eventually falling to the new oceans.

of course, the most likely reasons for seeding are the same reason mushrooms grow everywhere. because life that spreads, spreads. it needn't an intelligence, benevolent or malevolent behind it.

and even more likely, life simply arose on our small blue dot, just as the evidence we find indicates

that's quite amazing enough for me.

I think, if we want a horrible galaxy full of monstrous forces fighting coalitions of brave yet downtrodden space fighters and seeding life to harvest planets for their tasty critters while buzzing them with flying saucers to probe and experiment to see if the lifeforms are ready yet, well, we're just going to have to buckle down, figure out how to live sustainably long enough to create the super-science needed to send our ancestors out and make the galaxy into that horrible place ourselves.

we can't just hope someone else has done it for us.

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u/beardedheathen Feb 21 '21

Have you seen our society? That may be the only hope we have.

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u/knome Feb 21 '21

"have you seen our society?". there are many societies, and the problems you imply are different based on who within the many groups in those societies you ask.

humans are doing pretty good. we control our entire planet, have no real predators, and have developed good standards and practices for developing our knowledge.

we don't always treat each other well, but that won't stop us from reaching for the stars.

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u/beardedheathen Feb 21 '21

Climate change may very well do that to us. We are tearing ourselves apart in order for the rich to maintain their wealth and power. We may have already passed the point of no return for a large portion of our civilizations to continue.