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It's not obvious what ethics means outside the biosphere. By default, the biospheres exist in a state of nature with respect to each other.
by MockObject 4y ago
It's not obvious what ethics means outside the biosphere. By default, the biospheres exist in a state of nature with respect to each other.
- rnk 4y agoI thought a lot about your comment. It's a very interesting comment. I think we should strive to leave alien life alone - it doesn't matter whether they are in our eco-system or off planet. Life should be allowed to be. It also helps us when someone comes here, but the reverse applies too. I think in a few years we'll find some kinds of microbes on mars or other bodies. If nothing else they came from earth, floating around, but more probably they are created everywhere naturally by dna molecules just randomly combining. Anyway, when we find life on mars, or Europe or where-ever, should we not allow people to send earth based microbes to do things. We could send lichen to mars to start growing, maybe it would survive and it might kill native microbes. Is that okay? I think it's not but it's pretty complicated and maybe inevitable. Also I think with meteors hitting mars they are probably knocking bits of dust into the air and eventually they hit here. Same for earth to mars but our atmosphere blocks them.