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Almaviva on Sept 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface

As someone who would take such a preservationist position, I think this is my best argument: It is morally inconsistent to think that super-intelligent life should leave us intact if we were found, and at the same time be willing to interfere with vastly less advanced life, for our own gain.

kamaal on Sept 28, 2012 [–]

If we aren't going to mars to destroy life on mars. Why should we expect that the super intelligent species will try to destroy us?

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