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jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months agoI just don’t really understand the point of the question. I care about “the planet” because I feel empathy for my fellow humans and would like to leave a healthy environment for the future generations to come. I won’t leave any offspring. So when I die, my linage ends. After I die I will stop experiencing anything. And yet I still care. But I only care because my brain is wired to feel empathy.
I don’t care at all that the universe might have no one to experience it when our sun blows up. As statistically unlikely as that might be.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I mean you dont have to care. I do. I care that this vast universe might never been seen by human eyes. Because I feel like it is our duty to experience and record as much of this as possible. I truly believe we are the universe experiencing itself, and dammit we better experience it all.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
I’ve come to terms with the fact we will never be able to understand and manipulate physics to the point of interstellar travel.