tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post113646904392694181..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: Geoffrey Miller: Runaway consumerism explains the Fermi ParadoxGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-1137549707435214202006-01-17T21:01:00.000-05:002006-01-17T21:01:00.000-05:00Nah, that just the decline of the western civiliza...Nah, that just the decline of the western civilization. What he observes is true, but only in the West and on Pacific Rim, not in Africa, Middle East, etc. <BR/>The barbarians will always start a new cycle.<BR/>About atomic bombs, here's an interesting factoid: the total power of all nuclear weapons now is less than 20,000 megatons. The power of the meteor explosion that destroyed dinosaurs 65 million years ago is estimated to me 100 MILLION megaton. Mammals survived then, and so will humans in a possible nuclear war with the "barbaric" world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com