What if the great filter of humanity is to overcome it's own nature that made it the dominant species of the planet and what if that is the universal great filter that makes the cosmos silent - eviltoast
  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The the DNA brick wall we’ve been climbing is exactly that.

    You’ve reminded me of some of my favorite hip hop lyrics of all time. If you never heard Eyedea before he died (27 club, I think?), Eyedea had Eminem level potential. Fucking incredible lyricist. If this tickles your fancy, go peep the album First Born.

    Eyedea & Abilities - Man vs Ape

    Move!

    There’s no telling what I’ma do

    I’m eighty-thousand years of natural selection comin through

    You ain’t got as much aggression, possessions, weapons

    I’ll be damned if I get outdone by the next man

    If you’re beliefs are different than mine, then we gonna fight

    Who needs peace when you can profit from being right?

    I hold picket signs outside abortion clinic doors

    Take what I want with force

    And my God could kill yours

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    Involved with a species evolving so slowly

    Genetically infantile, violent and holy

    We think we’re so smart but there’s not much to know

    Caveman is still alive behind those robot eyes

    Fully controlled by ten thousand year old instincts

    Hands on the war button, flinch and your world’s extinct

    This is technology for the barbarian

    I see the future: the past, we’ll be there again

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    Remember, the atom bomb came from the same place as poetry

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    Die dirty hippy commie scum, Christian, Muslim Buddhist, Jew

    Democrat, factory-workin, college student you…

    My nervous system don’t take no bullshit

    Been dominating since the day I touched the monolith

    I only breed with sex-symbol worthy women

    They stay at home and cook while I go out a make a living

    Don’t challenge my ego, don’t step on my shoe

    Otherwise the next wake that you attend might be for you

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    Grindin’ my teeth as I’m battling uphill

    The fight against ape-hood is fate versus free will

    We think we’re advanced but there’s nowhere to go

    Mammals stay captive to animal actions

    So slowly we climb up this DNA brick wall

    Addicted to emptiness, anger and pitfalls

    Desire for space, territory, or lust

    We’ll eventually turn this whole planet to dust

    .

    There can be no peace when man is still a part of it

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    Purpose, perseverance, wordless amoeba surface

    To lead the first coherent paleolithic circus

    Specific neuro-circuits link man and Neanderthal

    However, recent bio-chemical imprints

    conflict with primitive urges

    It’s full blown ontological warfare

    Murdering memories in the future two million years

    Peace is a word we often say,

    But it can’t exist as long as the ape is here to stay