One day we will be struggling for survival, be it here on Earth or in space, and the years wasted by our species getting in the way of technological advancement

One day we will be struggling for survival, be it here on Earth or in space, and the years wasted by our species getting in the way of technological advancement by preventing people like Hypathia of Alexandria, Alan Turing, Galileo Galilei, Lynn Conway and many others from fulfilling their full potential could make the difference between collective survival or death. We are truly an idiotic species sometimes.