Sometimes I hope for an alien invasion so people will realise that the culture war is pathetic and cast aside partisan posturing to unite in common humanity against a genuine threat. Then I remember that our environment is disintegrating around us while we call each other names.
If we can't unite against thermonuclear weapons, I doubt that we'd unite against aliens. https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/daniel-ellsberg-doomsday-machines/ …
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as an evolutionary psychologist I am sure you could posit some ideas for why humans might be more likely to unite against other living beings versus threat of nuclear?
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People don't unite against weapons; they unite against enemies with agency.
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We sort of have though - we've not had any big wars between developed nations since nuclear weapons were developed
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