Right. I've started a sci-fi novel on a similar idea to that, although I can't find the motivation to finish it. In any case, we have a spaceship suitable for possibly hundreds of millions of years, but it's over-heated, overcrowded and resource-depleted. That is the one that needs our attention. — Wayfarer
Ok, you have some skill. — The Merovingian
Spaceship Earth! No obvious destination though! — Agent Smith
'Why are we Here?' :chin: — Wayfarer
Meaning is use. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
World Wars, (manufactured) famines, (weaponized) pandemics and pro-abortion/sterilization regimens can thin the herds far more cost effectively than "colonizing exoplanets".Too many mouths to feed, oui monsieur? — Agent Smith
Quaint notion. :smirk:Spaceship Earth! No obvious destination though! — Agent Smith
Wars, (manufactured) famines and (weaponized) pandemics can thin the herds far more cost effectively than "colonizing exoplanets". — 180 Proof
well, that answer was no use — Wayfarer
For the same reason the Einsatzgruppen and colonial slavers didn't live in concentration camps and plantation fields with their victims. The movie Elysium makes this perennial feature of oppression-exploitation quite clear.Even so, why go through all that trouble - developing space tech is hard and that's an understatement - when you can just club people to death and solve the problem? — Agent Smith
For the same reason the Einsatzgruppen and colonial slavers didn't live in concentration camps and plantation fields with their victims. The movie Elysium makes this perennial feature of oppression-exploitation quite clear. — 180 Proof
Most interesting! — Ms. Marple
Can a spaceship conceivably use this mechanism to transport humans? — Enrique
I wonder if by using an extremely powerful computer to calculate the wave function of a macroscopic space, — Enrique
.The image shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 as it appeared 4.6 billion years ago. The combined mass of this galaxy cluster acts as a gravitational lens, magnifying much more distant galaxies behind it
Ever since Copernicus's heliocentric model (re: mediocrity principle). :smirk: — 180 Proof
Astronmers are there to put us in our place! :snicker: — Agent Smith
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