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I mean, that's true! Your scenario also places our investment in learning how to live in space in the past. If we're already living in space then, of course, in
by aeturnum 6y ago
I mean, that's true! Your scenario also places our investment in learning how to live in space in the past. If we're already living in space then, of course, investing in learning how to live in space worked out!
This is what I was saying at the end about investing resources we have now into futures we may never see. If you argue from the point of view that projects will always work out as you imagine they will, then your investing ideas will always make sense. I just don't think that's how things work in practice.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoThat's a pretty negative view - never try anything that isn't sure to work out? Am I understand the argument properly? We'd still all be living in Europe (or Africa!) if that was the way folks always decided.
- aeturnum 6y agoAgain, I am pro space exploration. It's about how we understand resource expenditures. Spending resources to research how to improve crop yields cannot replace food production. You have to invest resources to feed everyone with current technology, then spend surpluses on researching improvements. We should explore space, but we shouldn't expect exploring space to solve our current problems.