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You have to take births and deaths into account, which is not straightforward. Assuming fast interstellar travel, "loss of simultaneity" causes the number of pe
by maho 9y ago
You have to take births and deaths into account, which is not straightforward. Assuming fast interstellar travel, "loss of simultaneity" causes the number of people in space to depend on your reference frame (your speed and location).
- staticelf 9y agoThat is only if we still die which I hope we have moved past then. Perhaps we simply make new humans when we have the need.
- johannes1234321 9y agoWould eternal life not be boring? And ever growing population also leads to issues, even when populating infinite space ...
- jcun4128 9y agoWould be cool when you're old, transfer your consciousness into a satellite/spacecraft and just fly away into space... then you're like "Oh no...." and get sucked into a black hole.
- Density 9y agoI don't understand this argument. 1) Literally infinite permutations of entertainment out there. 2) Birth rates have been falling steadily for decades. I don't think it'll be a problem in space unless you think space Catholicism is a thing.
- mattmanser 9y agoWhen you get injected with your FaceazonHappinessChip (TM) at birth, it's not hard to track.