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I'm on the other side of this one, while I think it's stupid to wreck the Earth because we need it I don't see why we shouldn't expand out and use the resources
by noir_lord 10y ago
I'm on the other side of this one, while I think it's stupid to wreck the Earth because we need it I don't see why we shouldn't expand out and use the resources, they are just rocks waiting for us to do something with them.
- kseistrup 10y agoWe don't know yet if they're just rocks. And if we can't take care of Earth, I fail to see how we could ever take care of another planet.
- CoryG89 10y agoThink about 50 years from now, when we are expected to have a few more billion people living here on Earth. If you think things are stretched to their limit now, just wait. It may be that the only way to save Earth is to give some of the 10+ billion another place to go.
- restalis 10y agoFor the most activities we embark on, none of us is ready for. We just jump in and learn on the fly, the journey itself transforms and adapts us. So, maybe we haven't learned enough about taking care of a planet, but that's not a reason to hold ourselves back ...isn't it?
- lsaferite 10y agoAll the Whos in Whoville would beg to differ about them being "rocks waiting for us to do something with them". Flippancy aside, just assuming there is no consequential life on any of those rocks just waiting for use to exploit is quite arrogant of us. I'm fully behind humans being multi-planetary to increase our bus factor and because it's just plain awesome. I also think some caution is needed to prevent us destroying signs of other life before we even know what we've done. But this is not some revelation, smarter people that me have already thought this stuff through. We just have to follow through on the protocols.