• Perhaps consciousness is an evolutionary dead end? Would our extinction be less likely if we didn't have it?

    Our extinction is a certainty either way. I don't think consciousness has much bearing on the matter. The extreme adaptability of humans is likely to defer their extinction as a species, but not by a significant amount on the geological time scale.

  • the timescale that matters is the lifetime of those we care about

    People who are alive today will all be dead soon.

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