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> We should fix our problems here, today, before exporting them elsewhere. Although, if we export them, that's that many different places to try out solutions
by kbenson 8y ago
> We should fix our problems here, today, before exporting them elsewhere.
Although, if we export them, that's that many different places to try out solutions in semi-isolation in an attempt to find one that works. If we can parallelize the process, and also get cleaner starting conditions to test, why shouldn't we do so?
- pc86 8y agoThis is the cosmic equivalent of "laboratories of democracy"[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratories_of_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratories_of_democracy
- wytian 8y agoThe problem I see with this is that each independent laboratory cannot be easily configured to the same initial conditions. Especially not one on Mars and one on Earth. It would take a tremendous effort to turn Mars into Earth and then use it in parallel to carry out experiments. If the two laboratories are vastly different, comparisons between the two won't have much backing.