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Post by Draxy on Oct 16, 2003 10:59:26 GMT -5
Hi Agamoto,
Hey, I wish that I could disagree with that last statement too. Sincerely.
Draxy
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Post by Hussar on Oct 16, 2003 20:25:28 GMT -5
Drax,
Fair enough. Whether life is ended by an asteroid, ice age or our own stupidity, the arguement remains the same. If we have a self sufficient colony somewhere else, then it becomes that much more difficult to whipe ourselves out.
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Post by Draxy on Oct 17, 2003 1:06:34 GMT -5
Oh hey, I agree with your arguement. You might have noticed that in that post I also said that I hope my children, or their's or at the latest, theirs, are off of "our dear mudball" by then and living "out there" somewhere.
I just differ as to why I want that.
I don't give a fig about the race of man as a whole, but rather about my little contribution to it and their progeny, when that occurs. I really think that if we as a race are going to do ourselves in, then we will find a way to do it even with colonies out there. I just don't think that with the current balkanized governments that life on Earth will be worth living when there are fifteen billion of us. I want my kids, or grand kids or greats and all that follow to have some hope of a decent quality of life, because I'm a selfish bugger that can't get worked up over the abstraction of humanity as a whole.
Draxy
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Post by Hussar on Oct 17, 2003 2:45:10 GMT -5
Lol, now ain't that the truth! ;D
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Post by Wyrmfire on Oct 17, 2003 12:37:37 GMT -5
Have to agree on that one. Sooner or later, we're going to run in to problems that can only be solved by being very far away. I just don't see any chance of governments trying to get people up there any time soon. Come to think, that doesn't really exclude private endeavor. If we got a fund together, maybe we could raise a few bilion...  I have been planning to found a colony on Mars for years to get away from all the dumb people (once I become a billionaire, of course  ). |
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