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by booleandilemma 3222 days ago
Humans are the animal that have the best shot at getting off this rock and spreading the DNA we all share to other rocks.
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Two counterarguments:

1) self-sustaining space travel is more likely to be achieved by AI/robots, DNA or biological beings in general aren't well suited to space travel

2) Humans are the animal that have the highest risk of making the Earth uninhabitable before anything that can be self-sustaining leaves this planet

... and chicken. We'll need lots of chicken.