I think we're being shortsighted.
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Shortsighted
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That way of thinking is very shortsighted.
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Is your religion always waiting for this world to end? In my religion, this world amongst many worlds will go on for a long time yet. We are not so shortsighted. Even if humanity would not survive, there maybe would be rabbits or others that would evolve to sentient beings, sooner or later.
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I'm shortsighted.
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