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Given that human beings are very successful at breeding, I don't see the point of extending lifetimes so space can be explored by geriatric astronauts.
by papaf 6y ago
Given that human beings are very successful at breeding, I don't see the point of extending lifetimes so space can be explored by geriatric astronauts.
- gruez 6y agoThe problem with that is you don't know how willing the next generation is willing to continue carrying out the mission.
- kyriakos 6y agoPeople are willing to follow religions because of society, family and peer pressure,I take it they will be willing to do so under the same pressure and for something that can at least be scientifically proved to exist.
- steelframe 6y agoIf the year 2020 taught me anything, it's that an alarmingly large number of people can all as a group reject something that's scientifically proven.
- creamytaco 6y agoScience is (a lot less) powerful than religion. Indoctrination taken to religious levels, in a confined and controlled environment, would be more than enough to propagate programming for hundreds if not thousands of years.
- seg_lol 6y agoSo we design cult missiles and send that at other star systems, sounds like a pretty hostile weapon.
- kyriakos 6y agoHuman cult is still human. If we aim to continue our species it may be what we need. Say a civilization is built at the destination we can assume it will go through its own dark ages at some point before a renaissance.
- papaf 6y agoIf they grow up and then turn around, my guess is that their chances of seeing Earth for the first time would be slim. It does raise a moral argument though for only using robots.
- zhengyi13 6y agoIf we assume relatively slow travel, which do you think we'd be more successful at designing? 1) A psychological screening program to select those suited for long life, or 2) A whole society that manages to perpetuate itself long enough to reach the goal? (Not that these are our only two options in a slow travel scenario)
- papaf 6y agoI am assuming that the nearest star is not reachable in a human lifetime (even given some breakthrough in longevity). The big problem being fuel and how to carry it [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_travel#Required_energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_travel#Required_e...