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akkartik  ·  4087 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Biocentrism, Intellicentrism, and Universecentrism

Even if there were life on some far-away planet system, it would still be pretty rare, right? It wouldn't kill biocentrism. Doubly so for the other -centrisms.

The article is trying to combat collective narcissism, which is a worthy goal. Rather than rationalizing how we might not be alone based on skimpy information to the contrary, I prefer this approach: http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.in/2013/09/the-next-ten-b...