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Where's the catch?
by trthomps 9y ago
Where's the catch?
- jlebrech 9y ago7 Billion humans
- SubiculumCode 9y agoThe universe is big. There is energy everywhere.
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- goatlover 9y agoMeanwhile, the Earth is not, and we still primarily use fossil fuels. But maybe someday we'll have terraformed Venus and Mars, and found a way to travel those light years. Probably not this century, though.
- mcbits 9y agoLong-term survival could be the sort of problem that requires people to think about it for 100-500 years beyond kindergarten. Moreover, societies here on Earth could benefit from people caring more about the impact they will have beyond their (currently) inevitable death in 0-100 years.
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- qw 9y agoIt could actually be beneficial to the planet. If today's politicians knew that climate changes, social inequalities and water shortages would actually affect them in their lifetime, they might reconsider the short term benefits of accepting donations from harmful lobbyists.
- diggernet 9y agoIn other words, it could redefine "short term".
- andrewchambers 9y agoAll our current research rates might be dramatically improved if our best scientists don't die all the time.
- mrec 9y agoConversely, "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it." -- Max Planck (Usually paraphrased as "Science advances one funeral at a time.")
- SubiculumCode 9y agoThis is an over used crutch. Any truth in it comes mostly from a tendency to fund senior researchers over junior ones.
- WillReplyfFood 9y agoThe earth was big. There is oil everywhere.
- daotoad 9y agoUnless we can come up with some sweet carbon sequestration tech, that's actually a liability.
- WillReplyfFood 9y agoI guess the trick is to mix bamboo with cacti and a gene to produce longterm anti-fungals and seed the deserts.
- andai 9y agoSource? That sounds pretty neat.
- ObeyTheGuts 9y agour wounds wont heal
- grondilu 9y agoThe catch is that it will take a lot of time until this kind of study gives definitive results. People already live quite long, so longevity studies are usually multi-generational.
- lhuser123 9y agoIt could take a lot of time if we wait for the definitive results, but probably Big Pharma will find a way to sell it to us before that happens.