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I posted this in the comment section of the blog post written by George Heath-Whyte about John Gray's "Seven Types of Atheism" that I stumbled across this morning and wanted to share it here:
"A belief in a theistic God makes no sense, which is why I am an
atheist. As a Google search will reveal, the earliest life on our World dates, perhaps, to 4 Gya, but as Wikipedia and other sources state, in, perhaps, 0.25 Gyr, our World will experience the first of two runaway greenhouse effects, where its surface temperature will rise to 50C due
to the increase luminosity of the Sun, our star. When this happens, all mammalian life will die. The second, and final, runaway greenhouse
effect will occur 2 Ga after that, where the surface temperature of our World will reach and then exceed that of our sister world Venus, which
will kill any & all life. Finally, when our Star enters its final
stages of life, the red giant phase, our World will likely be consumed
by the Sun's expanding atmosphere.
The Universe, per Science, will carry on as if nothing happened, but we
will all be dead & gone."
Of course, comments are most welcome!
Dawn
I posted this in the comment section of the blog post written by
George Heath-Whyte about John Gray's "Seven Types of Atheism" that I
stumbled across this morning and wanted to share it here:
"A belief in a theistic God makes no sense, which is why I am an
atheist. As a Google search will reveal, the earliest life on our
World dates, perhaps, to 4 Gya, but as Wikipedia and other sources
state, in, perhaps, 0.25 Gyr, our World will experience the first of
two runaway greenhouse effects, where its surface temperature will
rise to 50C due to the increase luminosity of the Sun, our star.
When this happens, all mammalian life will die. The second, and
final, runaway greenhouse effect will occur 2 Ga after that, where
the surface temperature of our World will reach and then exceed that
of our sister world Venus, which will kill any & all life. Finally,
when our Star enters its final stages of life, the red giant phase,
our World will likely be consumed by the Sun's expanding atmosphere.
The Universe, per Science, will carry on as if nothing happened, but
we will all be dead & gone."
Of course, comments are most welcome!
Dawn
Dawn Flood wrote:
I posted this in the comment section of the blog post written by
George Heath-Whyte about John Gray's "Seven Types of Atheism" that I
stumbled across this morning and wanted to share it here:
"A belief in a theistic God makes no sense, which is why I am an
atheist. As a Google search will reveal, the earliest life on our
World dates, perhaps, to 4 Gya, but as Wikipedia and other sources
state, in, perhaps, 0.25 Gyr, our World will experience the first of
two runaway greenhouse effects, where its surface temperature will
rise to 50C due to the increase luminosity of the Sun, our star.
When this happens, all mammalian life will die. The second, and
final, runaway greenhouse effect will occur 2 Ga after that, where
the surface temperature of our World will reach and then exceed that
of our sister world Venus, which will kill any & all life. Finally,
when our Star enters its final stages of life, the red giant phase,
our World will likely be consumed by the Sun's expanding atmosphere.
The Universe, per Science, will carry on as if nothing happened, but
we will all be dead & gone."
Of course, comments are most welcome!
Dawn
If we can hold on for just a few decades longer, we can pass the baton
to AI and robots.
Dawn Flood wrote:
I posted this in the comment section of the blog post written by
George Heath-Whyte about John Gray's "Seven Types of Atheism" that I
stumbled across this morning and wanted to share it here:
"A belief in a theistic God makes no sense, which is why I am an
atheist. As a Google search will reveal, the earliest life on our
World dates, perhaps, to 4 Gya, but as Wikipedia and other sources
state, in, perhaps, 0.25 Gyr, our World will experience the first of
two runaway greenhouse effects, where its surface temperature will
rise to 50C due to the increase luminosity of the Sun, our star.
When this happens, all mammalian life will die. The second, and
final, runaway greenhouse effect will occur 2 Ga after that, where
the surface temperature of our World will reach and then exceed that
of our sister world Venus, which will kill any & all life. Finally,
when our Star enters its final stages of life, the red giant phase,
our World will likely be consumed by the Sun's expanding atmosphere.
The Universe, per Science, will carry on as if nothing happened, but
we will all be dead & gone."
Of course, comments are most welcome!
Dawn
If we can hold on for just a few decades longer, we can pass the baton
to AI and robots.
On 10/12/2025 10:07 AM, Henderson wrote:
Dawn Flood wrote:
I posted this in the comment section of the blog post written by
George Heath-Whyte about John Gray's "Seven Types of Atheism" that I
stumbled across this morning and wanted to share it here:
"A belief in a theistic God makes no sense, which is why I am an
atheist. As a Google search will reveal, the earliest life on our
World dates, perhaps, to 4 Gya, but as Wikipedia and other sources
state, in, perhaps, 0.25 Gyr, our World will experience the first of
two runaway greenhouse effects, where its surface temperature will
rise to 50C due to the increase luminosity of the Sun, our star.
When this happens, all mammalian life will die. The second, and
final, runaway greenhouse effect will occur 2 Ga after that, where
the surface temperature of our World will reach and then exceed that
of our sister world Venus, which will kill any & all life. Finally,
when our Star enters its final stages of life, the red giant phase,
our World will likely be consumed by the Sun's expanding atmosphere.
The Universe, per Science, will carry on as if nothing happened, but
we will all be dead & gone."
Of course, comments are most welcome!
Dawn
If we can hold on for just a few decades longer, we can pass the
baton to AI and robots.
I am not a futurist. No matter how advanced a civilization gets, F =
ma will still apply, as far as I am concerned, and as our World's
supply of potential energy is finite, when it dies, we'll die with it.
As for the so-called singularity, I am not a believer in that,
either. As with controlled nuclear fusion, if the strong AI thesis
were true, then it would have likely happened by now. The fact that
it, like nuclear fusion, has not happened leads me to believe that
neither will happen, ever. To fund such endeavors is nothing more
than an ongoing "money pit".
Dawn Flood <Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com> wrote in news:10cgpje$1kopq$1@dont-email.me:
On 10/12/2025 10:07 AM, Henderson wrote:
Dawn Flood wrote:
I posted this in the comment section of the blog post written by
George Heath-Whyte about John Gray's "Seven Types of Atheism" that I
stumbled across this morning and wanted to share it here:
"A belief in a theistic God makes no sense, which is why I am an
atheist. As a Google search will reveal, the earliest life on our
World dates, perhaps, to 4 Gya, but as Wikipedia and other sources
state, in, perhaps, 0.25 Gyr, our World will experience the first of
two runaway greenhouse effects, where its surface temperature will
rise to 50C due to the increase luminosity of the Sun, our star.
When this happens, all mammalian life will die. The second, and
final, runaway greenhouse effect will occur 2 Ga after that, where
the surface temperature of our World will reach and then exceed that
of our sister world Venus, which will kill any & all life. Finally,
when our Star enters its final stages of life, the red giant phase,
our World will likely be consumed by the Sun's expanding atmosphere.
The Universe, per Science, will carry on as if nothing happened, but
we will all be dead & gone."
Of course, comments are most welcome!
Dawn
If we can hold on for just a few decades longer, we can pass the
baton to AI and robots.
I am not a futurist. No matter how advanced a civilization gets, F =
ma will still apply, as far as I am concerned, and as our World's
supply of potential energy is finite, when it dies, we'll die with it.
As for the so-called singularity, I am not a believer in that,
either. As with controlled nuclear fusion, if the strong AI thesis
were true, then it would have likely happened by now. The fact that
it, like nuclear fusion, has not happened leads me to believe that
neither will happen, ever. To fund such endeavors is nothing more
than an ongoing "money pit".
I have been told the problem with
fusion is the tempatures. There is
no substance on earth capable of
containing sustained nuclear fusion.
It can exist free in space, but
containing it in an earthly reactor
chamber cannot be done.
I posted this in the comment section of the blog post written by
George Heath-Whyte about John Gray's "Seven Types of Atheism"
that I stumbled across this morning and wanted to share it here:
"A belief in a theistic God makes no sense, which is why I am an
atheist.-a As a Google search will reveal, the earliest life on
our World dates, perhaps, to 4 Gya, but as Wikipedia and other
sources state, in, perhaps, 0.25 Gyr, our World will experience
the first of two runaway greenhouse effects, where its surface
temperature will rise to 50C due to the increase luminosity of
the Sun, our star.-a When this happens, all mammalian life will
die.-a The second, and final, runaway greenhouse effect will occur
2 Ga after that, where the surface temperature of our World will
reach and then exceed that of our sister world Venus, which will
kill any & all life.-a Finally, when our Star enters its final
stages of life, the red giant phase, our World will likely be
consumed by the Sun's expanding atmosphere.
The Universe, per Science, will carry on as if nothing happened,
but we will all be dead & gone."
Of course, comments are most welcome!
Dawn