Scientists Advise United Nations "Raise Shields!"
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i will certainly agree that if we have the resources and technology, more funding and focus in this field would be a good thing... if it's possible to avoid such a cataclysm, we should pursue that...
as others have already pointed out, however, the fact is that the world's priorities are immanently screwed up - cases in point being the ignorance of industries' contributions to global warming, the humanitarian disasters and genocides occurring in africa & elsewhere, and the evils of corporate welfare in it's myriad forms... in short, why should this important topic get appropriate attention from the world at large?
but i did get a good laugh out of many of the local comedians here, as i feel that in order to have a healthy perspective on life, you should be able to see the humor in most anything, including ourselves....
as others have already pointed out, however, the fact is that the world's priorities are immanently screwed up - cases in point being the ignorance of industries' contributions to global warming, the humanitarian disasters and genocides occurring in africa & elsewhere, and the evils of corporate welfare in it's myriad forms... in short, why should this important topic get appropriate attention from the world at large?
but i did get a good laugh out of many of the local comedians here, as i feel that in order to have a healthy perspective on life, you should be able to see the humor in most anything, including ourselves....
Doomsday asteroids are not something that can't be stopped or changed. I'm not saying that everyone should start freaking because we may be annihilated by a giant asteroid. What I'm refering to are the obscene ammounts of cash that we pump into weapons, entertainment, beauty operations, bubble gum... while something of vital importance that the future of our civilization depends on we invest the ridiculous sum of 2.7 million pounds a year into.TheEggplant said:
Humand Kind: FAIL
I guess that as a species, we lack long-term vision for the conservation of our kind. We are still mostly in the ape-mindset, wired to worry about being eaten by lions, finding a mate and where our next meal will come from. The danger to our whole species that emenates from giant asteroids from outer space is probably to abstract to our primitive minds to compete with our more immediate, primeval priorities.
I just want to say, I so totally [a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.76877?page=2#922161"]called it.[/a]
the death asteroid promotion group just needs to figure out how to make it a cool thing to do how else did militarys in the cold war get finance?
they built cool stuff cool things are like crack to politicians and like drug addicts they will spend huge amounts of cash on cool stuff even if you cant justify it
they built cool stuff cool things are like crack to politicians and like drug addicts they will spend huge amounts of cash on cool stuff even if you cant justify it
