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[lucy]

Yeah, true, I really can't get myself around to give a damn what's going to happen in 5 billion years.

I also find it extremely presumptuous if not downright stupid to think that anyone would want to save the Earth then. Life on Earth has come pretty far in a billion years and to assume we have the slightest idea how it evolves in the next five is indeed more than just a wee little bit anthropocentric.

[Thorne]

Yeah, true, I really can't get myself around to give a damn what's going to happen in 5 billion years.

Other than as an intellectual exercise, I don't really care either.

I also find it extremely presumptuous if not downright stupid to think that anyone would want to save the Earth then.

Well, those species which might still be around then might be interested, don't you think?

Life on Earth has come pretty far in a billion years and to assume we have the slightest idea how it evolves in the next five is indeed more than just a wee little bit anthropocentric.

Yeah, but assuming homo sapiens doesn't go extinct, like 95+% of all species that have existed on the planet, we will likely have some descendants still around, even if they no longer look even vaguely human. Those who are truly anthropocentric are the ones who believe that humanity is the endpoint of evolution. Not even close!