Why do some people place such importance on humans continuing beyond Earth? Is it not just the ultimate hubris to think that we know that doing so is even a good idea?
Aside from some major religions mandating the expansion of humanity (or at least their faithful) - which I suppose could be hubris in the religion - why is it excessively prideful to want our species to continue to exist? What moral framework accounts for a desire to continue our existence in the negative column?
Why not? Seriously, why wouldn't we try to preserve and upgrade our species for as long as physically possible?
Would we complain if whales said "we don't want our species to end"? Or ants, for that matter?
"No whales, it's the ultimate hubris that you think you have a right to exist and continue existing."
Why is it hubris for humans, like all other species on Earth, to want to exist, propagate, and, since we're intelligent, learn and grow our intelligence, and spread it beyond home base?
There are a lot of things that we as a species have gotten wrong and are not worth preserving.
There are a lot of things that we as a species have gotten right and are worth preserving.
In the words of Prof. Brian Cox, it would be a tragedy if Earth is the only place in the galaxy where consciousness exists, and it would be wiped out by an asteroid.