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> Because there are enough planets that every human being on earth could have its own. Bro, we're never reaching those planets, FTL travel is a fantasy. Are y
by exhilaration 12y ago
> Because there are enough planets that every human being on earth could have its own.
Bro, we're never reaching those planets, FTL travel is a fantasy. Are you really willing to bet whatever life is on Mars on the hope that humans will someday be able to travel faster than light? What we could learn from extraterrestrial life, even if it's only microbes, could open vast new areas of biology research - potentially curing diseases or teaching us to survive in a much warmer Earth.
- DominikR 12y agoSo your argument is basically "don't do it, because what I believe in is more probable than what you believe in" even though there's no way to calculate those probabilities.
- exhilaration 12y agoStrangely enough that sounds like the same argument you're making.
- DominikR 12y agoNo, my argument is that there is no moral standard regarding this issue, that the majority on this planet agrees with, that there is no legitimate interest or ownership that could force anyone from doing otherwise, and that the potential benefits (colonization, resources, space) outweigh the belief in something that might be on Mars. Meanwhile your argument is based beliefs where you can't even possibly calculate a probability, just like the belief in god. What we have is our tools and capabilities to try and work with what we can reach at the moment in our solar system.
- danielweber 12y agoIf you accept the ability for people to travel to and live on other bodies in the solar system, it's very plausible to assume that people can move between star systems, without any scifi stuff like warp drives or wormholes.