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This is a perfect example of how screwed up some people's view of sex is. We are talking about PERMINENTLY AND SEVERELY MUTILATING SOMEBODY just so we can dodge

by throwaway2048 11y ago

This is a perfect example of how screwed up some people's view of sex is. We are talking about PERMINENTLY AND SEVERELY MUTILATING SOMEBODY just so we can dodge having to deal with a basic, healthy aspect of humanity. That is just plainly, disturbingly, fucked up.

LeifCarrotson 11y ago
I agree that many people have an inappropriate attitude towards sex. And I am not saying that castration is even a solution in the first place - as the other commenter pointed out, that wouldn't really fix the psychological issues that we're trying to solve. Keeping one person or several people sane and agreeable in a tightly confined chamber for months or years is a hard problem, and not just because of the biological life support systems. But I was proposing this drastic action as an example of the drastic solutions and risks we could take for these missions. I was not proposing it just to deal with the "problem of sex", I am saying that we can consider crazy actions so we can FREAKING COLONIZE ANOTHER PLANET. And yes, I see the irony in starting a colonization operation with castrated astronauts. Obviously, it would be a while before the colony was self-supporting for air, water, and food, much less self-populating.
LeifCarrotson 11y ago
I agree that many people have an inappropriate attitude towards sex. And I am not saying that castration is even a solution in the first place - as the other commenter pointed out, that wouldn't really fix the psychological issues that we're trying to solve. Keeping one person or several people sane and agreeable in a tightly confined chamber for months or years is a hard problem, and not just because of the biological life support systems. But I was proposing this drastic action as an example of the drastic solutions and risks we could take for these missions. I was not proposing it just to deal with the "problem of sex", I am saying that we can consider crazy actions so we can FREAKING COLONIZE ANOTHER PLANET. And yes, I see the irony in starting a colonization operation with castrated astronauts. Obviously, it would be a while before the colony was self-supporting for air, water, and food, much less self-populating.

LeifCarrotson 11y ago

I agree that many people have an inappropriate attitude towards sex. And I am not saying that castration is even a solution in the first place - as the other commenter pointed out, that wouldn't really fix the psychological issues that we're trying to solve. Keeping one person or several people sane and agreeable in a tightly confined chamber for months or years is a hard problem, and not just because of the biological life support systems. But I was proposing this drastic action as an example of the drastic solutions and risks we could take for these missions. I was not proposing it just to deal with the "problem of sex", I am saying that we can consider crazy actions so we can FREAKING COLONIZE ANOTHER PLANET. And yes, I see the irony in starting a colonization operation with castrated astronauts. Obviously, it would be a while before the colony was self-supporting for air, water, and food, much less self-populating.

LeifCarrotson 11y ago