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6271872 No.6271872 [Reply] [Original]

Imagine it is discovered that the human race is going to go extinct 5 years after you die, no matter what anyone does to stop it. Would you still put effort towards science? Do you think professional scientists would?

>> No.6271898

>>6271872

I'd put effort torwards life extension technology

>> No.6271906

Well, I'd still do mathematics. It's the most interesting thing I know, the only thing that comes close is shitposting on 4chan.

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Announce to humanity that I will kill myself unless my every whim is catered to

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>>6271922
Enjoy being chained to a life support machine at gunpoint and being kept artificially alive for as long as your organs can be kept from rotting