Shockypants

Elon Musk: We should pass the Great Filters, or eventually we will disappear. “It's worth reading about the Fermi paradox, because people have thought very hard about this. One of the things is maybe there are these Great Filters, and the civilizations don't pass these Filters. One of the Filters is do we become a multiplanet species or not? If we do not become a multiplanet species, then eventually, at some point, something will happen to the planet. Either it will be man-made, or it will be something natural, like a meteor, like whatever killed the dinosaurs, for example. And then, eventually, the Sun will actually expand and will destroy all life on Earth. So, if one cares about life on Earth at all, we should care about becoming a multiplanet species and eventually going out there and becoming a multistellar species and having many star systems. We want the exciting parts of science fiction to not be fiction forever. We want to make them real!” Rome, Italy, December 23, 2023