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The more we learn, the more hospitable the universe turns out to be.
by starbase 3y ago
The more we learn, the more hospitable the universe turns out to be.
- once_inc 3y agoHard disagree. Finding 'water' trapped in glass beads isn't something useful to us. Converting that to potable or even just liquid water will take far more energy than taking that water out of Earth's gravity well using conventional rockets. The universe is still a harsh, bleak, unforgiving, inhospitable, irradiated wasteland of empty nothingness. Humans need very specific temperatures, air pressures, atmospheric compositions to survive. Humans need food that also needs those things to survive. We can alter extra terrestrial objects to suit our needs, but that costs us energy, materials, and money/time. Right now, we are far too busy chasing fads and trinkets, and bashing in the skulls of our own fellows to be able to manage this.
- starbase 3y agoAre you safer and more comfortable in the universe than your ancestors were 1000 years ago? How about 1,000,000 years ago? How about 1,000,000,000? Thought so.
- gadflyinyoureye 3y agoWe have a little pocket of the universe. For a good chunk of it, have fun singing in the vacuum.
- azernik 3y agoI think you're underestimating how much energy is involved in pulling water out of the Earth well