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streetvoyager t1_jadatd7 wrote

I'd definitely take the ones that make you jump higher, then I wouldn't have to get the ladder out to get over the fence when I kick the dogs toy into the neighbor's yard.

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FraseraSpeciosa t1_jad8dpv wrote

There are still hundreds of thousands of acres of good wildlife habitat around the USA. Yes we destroy there habitat and that is having an effect, the biggest effect is yes climate change. Flooding, droughts, fires etc. are destroying the areas where wildlife live and forcing them into where humans live. Short answer is both but climate change is the real push the animals are experiencing to migrate elsewhere.

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Taido_Myoshin t1_jad6hka wrote

If I'm not mistaken, I believe this was the original plot for The Matrix before they changed it to the "human battery" thing. Apparently, the idea of utilizing human brains for computing power was deemed as too complicated for the target audience.

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Wandering-Zoroaster t1_jad2jtj wrote

I think you mean self-aware?

It’s an interesting question. That being said, the sentience that they would or wouldn’t have would depend completely on different circumstances than the one that generated us humans, so it’s fair to say it probably wouldn’t (behave like a human)/(have human desires)

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