The great filter is ahead of us but we are destined to surpass it.

Thank you! Thats actually the reason I joined this website, Because I truly believe that the ability to respectfully debate with someone is one of the greatest skills a person can have. Debate effects politics, Countries and ultimately the well-being of the entire human race. But nonetheless, Back to the topic. 1) Yes, That was a point I have already made and its important that we move on from it. 2) I hope to address those here. 3) I have much more I will reveal. I have saved the best for last. 4) Although you are right, They still hunted like animals, They ate plants like animals, And the ultimate kicker: We are the only species on planet earth capable of creating structures, Inventing new technologies, And ultimately being able to create. 5) We have already created military grade lasers capable of destroying missiles mid-air. If human extinction was at risk, Don't you think nations would partner together to create something powerful enough to destroy an asteroid? And it wouldn't be that large of an asteroid because now we have Jupiter to act as a giant dartboard for asteroids. To top it off, There is a surprising amount of archeological data that dinosaurs were wiped out by a flood, But nonetheless thats another topic. 6) You say that it is a filter that is un-surpassable, But that is the entire opposite of what a filter is. A filter is something that separates certain substances (in our case: humanity) from other substances (animals) 7) Leaving the earth is hard. Theres no doubt. But we are good at doing hard things! NASA has estimated that with 20-30 billion dollars, We could have a fully operational moon base. The moon has already mapped and tested to have large quantities of helium 3, Or rocket fuel. After this, Other steps would be deconstructing mercury to create a Dyson Sphere which would be a source of (nearly) infinite power for a long time. This would be a giant leap and would open the floodgates to thousands of new technologies, Like the planetary terraformer, The electric rocket engine, Artificial wormholes, The black hole bomb (you already know about this), Fully automated farming processes, And much more we haven't even dreamed up yet. Technologies beyond our wildest dreams. And it would all start with 20-30 billion dollars. Now I will answer some of your challenges from round 2. 8) You say evolution is a filter, Although in the past evolution has done nothing but good for us. The theory of evolution relies on species adapting to fit needs. Technology has started to fill our needs so that evolution doesn't have to Now that we have started to create gene-editing technologies, Would you say that would be a great filter? There certainly is a lot of risk. We could end up creating a mutant virus with no possible cure. But the one issue with that is that there always is a cure. There is no problem without a solution. That leads me into my conclusion. I challenge you to imagine a scenario where there is no solution. In the comments I will either tell you the solution, Or forfeit the debate. To close my part of the debate, I would like to make one last point. During the holocaust, Hitler wanted to eradicate the jews. If everyone had agreed with Hitler, Than the jews wouldn't be here today. Likewise, If during the cold war everyone decided to give up and blow the earth to smithereens, Than that would have been us not passing that filter. Perhaps it is humans ability to disagree that is the ultimate savior of humanity. Some people may see the fire, But I see the firefighters.