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Don’t want to sound as a fanboy, but IF (and this is a huge if) Elon succeeds on his mission to make humanity a multi-planentary species, he’ll be remembered as

by option 7y ago

Don’t want to sound as a fanboy, but IF (and this is a huge if) Elon succeeds on his mission to make humanity a multi-planentary species, he’ll be remembered as a greatest human who has ever lived for a very long time

Aloha 7y ago
I'm no Elon fan, and it's a really really big if, but - you're absolutely correct about that if he succeeds completely he'll go down in the same category as Edison or Napoleon.
- learc83 7y ago
  Napoleon in most of the English speaking world is much more infamous/loathed than admired.
  - option 7y ago
    yes, I’m Russian and, IMHO, napaleon isn’t that far from hitler. Both were mass murderers who valued a lot of silly things above human life
krapp 7y ago
If humanity ever does become a multi-planetary species, it will be because Elon contributed to a process that will still require decades, if not centuries, of effort beyond his death to achieve. He will not in any way be solely responsible, or deserving of that level of recognition, although I don't doubt that his fans will consider him as such anyway.
- option 7y ago
  of course that would be humanity’s effort. But we can only remember leaders
  - krapp 7y ago
    What I'm saying is that, by the time it happens, Elon is going to be a footnote in someone else's story.
    - option 7y ago
      maybe, I hope to see two things in my lifetime: 1) organisms (a single cell or similar) evolved not on Earth and 2) human base on Moon and/or Mars
      - krapp 7y ago
        I'd like to see those too, but a base is still a long way from making us a multi-planetary species in any meaningful sense. It's a first step, but it's a first step we've been trying to take since the moon landings. If Elon gets us that far, great... but that doesn't mean he'll be remembered as the greatest human who ever lived, any more than Neil Armstrong or Yuri Gagarin are. To be a multiplanetary species, we'd need large-scale habitats with stable, complex biomes, and planet-scale geo-engineering. Spam in a can isn't going to cut it.

by option 7y ago

Aloha 7y ago

I'm no Elon fan, and it's a really really big if, but - you're absolutely correct about that if he succeeds completely he'll go down in the same category as Edison or Napoleon.

learc83 7y ago
Napoleon in most of the English speaking world is much more infamous/loathed than admired.
- option 7y ago
  yes, I’m Russian and, IMHO, napaleon isn’t that far from hitler. Both were mass murderers who valued a lot of silly things above human life

krapp 7y ago

If humanity ever does become a multi-planetary species, it will be because Elon contributed to a process that will still require decades, if not centuries, of effort beyond his death to achieve. He will not in any way be solely responsible, or deserving of that level of recognition, although I don't doubt that his fans will consider him as such anyway.

option 7y ago
of course that would be humanity’s effort. But we can only remember leaders
- krapp 7y ago
  What I'm saying is that, by the time it happens, Elon is going to be a footnote in someone else's story.
  - option 7y ago
    maybe, I hope to see two things in my lifetime: 1) organisms (a single cell or similar) evolved not on Earth and 2) human base on Moon and/or Mars
    - krapp 7y ago
      I'd like to see those too, but a base is still a long way from making us a multi-planetary species in any meaningful sense. It's a first step, but it's a first step we've been trying to take since the moon landings. If Elon gets us that far, great... but that doesn't mean he'll be remembered as the greatest human who ever lived, any more than Neil Armstrong or Yuri Gagarin are. To be a multiplanetary species, we'd need large-scale habitats with stable, complex biomes, and planet-scale geo-engineering. Spam in a can isn't going to cut it.