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The useful lifespan of the Sun thing caught my attention, could you elaborate on that?


It's not going to happen tomorrow, but "soon" compared to all its previous history. It is estimated that in 1 billion years the Earth will be too hot for any meaningful ecosystems to exist. Things would start to degrade before that limit, of course.

Overall, it looks like life has basically one single shot at producing intelligence on an Earth-like planet. We popped out kinda towards the end.




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