Comments on: Russian Ragnarok Rationalization https://habitablezone.com/2022/04/27/russian-ragnarok-rationalization/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pebble https://habitablezone.com/2022/04/27/russian-ragnarok-rationalization/#comment-49496 Pebble Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:39:16 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=93779#comment-49496 “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!” ― Larry Niven “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don’t have a space program, it’ll serve us right!”

― Larry Niven

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2022/04/27/russian-ragnarok-rationalization/#comment-49494 ER Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:09:31 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=93779#comment-49494 <blockquote>"I recently saw this meme and its rebuttal: “The dinosaurs went extinct because they didn’t have a space program” “The dinosaurs lasted 100 million years because they didn’t have a space program.”</blockquote> Perhaps species intelligence is not a survival trait after all.

“I recently saw this meme and its rebuttal:

“The dinosaurs went extinct because they didn’t have a space program”

“The dinosaurs lasted 100 million years because they didn’t have a space program.”

Perhaps species intelligence is not a survival trait after all.

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