Space sucks, there's nothing even up there. There are plenty of places on Earth that haven't been explored yet, finish with this planet before you start looking at other ones, nerds.

  • mao_zedonk [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Nah. Exploring is good. :Laika:

    The best argument against it is it is immoral and bourgeois to dedicate money to explore the cosmos when you are not providing reasonable care to your people, the logic of which you could probably extend to all people and things. This is the Whitey on the Moon argument.

    But in general principle, working toward diversifying the location of our population so the total sum of human knowledge and achievement can't be obliterated with a single asteroid is good.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      This is the Whitey on the Moon argument.

      Also seemed to fall a bit flat when you looked at the Soviets doing both with style.

      But in general principle, working toward diversifying the location of our population so the total sum of human knowledge and achievement can’t be obliterated with a single asteroid is good.

      One might also argue that by providing higher quality of life for a global population, you increase the amount of surplus labor free to do blue-sky research and also increase the incidence of highly educated individuals best positioned to perform this high-end intellectual labor.