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This officially removes ants from the vegans friendly list.

He won but actually lost.

Have you read the article?

It's sad how stupid people are full of certainty while the intelligent are always full of doubt.

That is the biggest concern we should have.

Here, indulge.

An per your question: the same that qualifies you or me, which is being alive and capable of observe and extrapolate possible outcomes through thinking.

Unless in possession of a crystal ball, nobody can say what is bound to happen to our species as climate changes take place.

Like any other species we are vulnerable to extinction but as many physicist have underlined, the highest risk for a civilization is its start. After a certain point is achieved, a civilization can become technically immortal.

Which part?

I can imagine a sort of a conveyor belt made of miniature cargo vessel with one robotized mining station at one end, cutting away an asteroid piece by piece, and a cargo dock at the Earth side.

With enough cargo vessels deployed, let's say one would arrive at each end everyother day, the moment the conveyor belt was full, the mining operation would be swift.

Assuming a global deal between nations could be struck to have a refinery or at least a cargo dock placed on the moon, to organize large cargos to come to Earth at programmed intervals, it could prove to be a very interesting endeavour.

Raw matterials price could drop, given the sheer available volume.

At least it sounds like a diferent sci-fi plot

você, tu

These pronouns adress the other person directly but the moment I have to ask or say something connected to said person I have to start using gendered words

And numbers can be gendered.

Two girls, two boys.

Duas raparigas, dois rapazes.

And things only get weirder from this point forward. It is possible to have a somewhat genderless conversation but it requires a good degree of effort and it is not a common form of speech.

Portuguese is essentially the same.

Was I skillful enough, I would build mine. My favorite type is the large, cello-type body, with the characteristic deep tone.

Alright! My thoughts exactly!