> We've not proven very good at ending ourselves as a species in the past.
We did not have the ability to end ourselves in the past.
How would dolphins or monkeys end themselves even if they wanted to, short of mass suicide?
We have had this capability only in the last 100 years or so in mainly 2 ways:
* atomic armageddon
* destroying our habitat
We managed to hold on for that first one for the last 50 years but we are busily and productively working on that second point, so I'm not quite sure where your optimism comes from.
We did not have the ability to end ourselves in the past.
How would dolphins or monkeys end themselves even if they wanted to, short of mass suicide?
We have had this capability only in the last 100 years or so in mainly 2 ways:
* atomic armageddon
* destroying our habitat
We managed to hold on for that first one for the last 50 years but we are busily and productively working on that second point, so I'm not quite sure where your optimism comes from.