With 'Extinction Machine,' I wanted to start some conversations about whether we're alone in the universe and what that might mean.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
I want to interpret the natural world and our links to it. It's driven by the belief of many world-class scientists that we're in the midst of an extinction crisis... This time it's us that's doing it.
For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.
I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.
People quite often think of the question 'Are we alone in the universe?' in terms of other civilizations out there: life forms that have reached at least our level of technological development.
We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive.
Personally, I do not know whether humankind is alone in this vast universe. But I do know that we should cherish our existence on this precious speck of matter... the greatest gift that could be bestowed upon us. For all practical purposes, there is only one planet Earth.
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.