We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space.
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But failure to disprove something is not a good reason to believe it.
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We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
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Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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Once a viral program gets started, there is nothing to stop it.
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