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Humans will not colonize (any more of) the galaxy. Our machine successors might. Or, might not see any reason to. Hot, rocky planets deep in gravity wells will
by moloch-hai 4y ago
Humans will not colonize (any more of) the galaxy.
Our machine successors might. Or, might not see any reason to. Hot, rocky planets deep in gravity wells will in any case be of no more than academic interest.
- unsupp0rted 4y agoThat's a lot of certainty for something which is vastly uncertain. And life that exists deep in gravity wells would be very interesting indeed.
- breakpointalpha 4y agoIt may very well be the case that deep gravity wells are a necessary precursor to life! Are there other known natural systems that push and mix pre-life molecules together?
- moloch-hai 4y agoMoons of gas giants might have life inside. Dunno if those are in what is considered a deep gravity well.
- actionfromafar 4y agoI just had a (to me) hilarious thought. In some distant eons, humans actually manages to colonize a string of star systems. The other aliens think we are super quaint and weird. Slarti: "Look at them, it makes no sense to me. They always go for the hot, rocky planets deep in gravity wells. Why do they do it?!" Barti: "I guess there's no accounting for taste." Slarti: "Maybe they want to avoid competition... no one is going to come there looking for resources." Barti: "But they had to drain an Oorth cloud for fusion power to get there! You are right, it makes no sense!"