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When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong
- getYaAss2Mahz 8y agoWhen you try to reconcile the behaviors of people acting in accordance with a premise (oh, well gee, it's just an experiment), versus a person trying to survive and provide for themselves (if I don't find food, I'll die), while faced with the choice of placing dependence on others, there's a cold animalistic urge those choices become founded on n the the real world, which an experiment involving informed consent cannot replicate. Going into that, eyes open, you have to make quick decisions about who you can count on, who will matter, and if push comes to shove, whether it's you or them. For sure, I'll say this much, reducing people to a phone call or less, the choice always swings against the phone call. Being on the wrong side of that phone conversation sucks, and when the novelty of being on Mars expires, both sides of the phone call will need to have the ability to hang up safely, or, for sure, the Martian colony will face exposure and death.