Too much Hollywood watchers in the ‘science’ community.
What about preventing a zombie apocalypse too???
This IS a live and present danger.
Is it worth considering?
The risk might be very low, but the consequences might be an extinction level event.
Or worse...
What people think comes down do a few key ideas and values.
- Is life special and holy?
- If so, should we trust in divine intervention from God, or do God expect human intervention from us.
- Is life just nihilism and hedonism... *where’s my bong*
Has there ever been one of those?
Otherwise, I’d agree with you; lots of hype around this possibility. But we have lots and lots of brain power. We can afford to let some of it work on asteroids.