Would you want to live on another planet?
I was having this conversation with my housemate this morning and thought it would be interesting to see what you all think!
If you had the option to live in space or on another planet, would you go?
I'm becoming a bit of an earth-child in my old age, and I think I'd firmly want to stay here even if there was another option! But what do you think? Would you want to explore a new planet and be part of creating a new civilisation?
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If I could be solely alone I would go, I would love total isolation from everything. But if it meant I had to go with another person I couldn't think of anything worst than being stuck with another person 24/7 on a planet with no means of escaping.
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That would be very peaceful @rubin16. It's a very good point that it would depend on who else was there.
I don't think I could do it alone, but if it was a bunch of people that I didn't have anything in common with, I'd definitely struggle.
Would you be out exploring or would you just enjoy the solitary time inside?
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The way the world is now
Yes
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The planets we've checked so far are fairly boring. Nowhere else has the diversity of Earth.
The only realistic option for travelling within a human lifetime would be Mars…and it's all just rock & dust with a lot of wind. Can't see anything to be gained from moving there. There are still places on Earth we could live in solitude, though I couldn't even manage that myself, completely reliant on others to provide food for a start.
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More to the point if there is planets out there and they were inhabited would they want us there I just imagine spacecraft flying by earth looking down and locking there windows and accelerating
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I sometimes feel I already live on another planet
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Yes I'd like to be as far away from the DWP as possible.
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Il second that
I feel like a prisoner to dwp
Just under another stupid review atm
I've upl my bank statement s
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That's how I feel @OverlyAnxious. Earth has exactly the things we need to survive and I'd be pretty worried if I had to live somewhere inhospitable.
Haha @JessieJ, that's true for me sometimes too!
Maybe there are hospitable planets out there and the aliens have hidden them from us with their special technologies @michael57! They've seen what humans do and don't fancy their chances 😂
If we did go to another planet, do we think humans would look after it better? For example, if we somehow found a second earth-like planet with everything we needed to survive. Do you think we'd make the same mistakes again?
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Haha humans are greedy by nature I can't see that changing anytime in the next few thousand years if we even exist
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Yeah we're a long way away from actually being able to find somewhere suitable, so I don't think it's something we'll have to worry about in this lifetime. But it's interesting to think about what it would be like!
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I don't think I'd like to live on another planet but I would go on holiday to another planet!!
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We can't even live on this planet peacefully, why destroy another one.
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Very true @SwiftFox! It would be interesting to see if we could do better next time but I have a suspicion that it may go the same way as this one!
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Actually, the sulphuric acid droplets fall from the clouds but evaporate before reaching the surface, a bit like virga on Earth.
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Do you honestly think there is a next time
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No, it's definitely a hypothetical next time @michael57. I think we're stuck where we are, but I'm interested in the concept of a next time and what might change if the option was there.
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Right now
Yes
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Perhaps Adam would refuse the apple from eve
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I know it's not a planet, but i think i'd start off with the moon. Probably because it's so close in relative terms, i'm still fascinated by it, even through an average telescope it is incredible. To be on the moon and look back at Earth would be somehow comforting as well i think, knowing home wasn't actually that distant, whereas obviously the further out you go into space Earth would become a distant memory. I'm sure i read somewhere that if an artificial atmosphere can be created, which apparently could be possible in the future, the moon could be the best bet of humanity surviving in the future. I just can't see how the Earth can be sustainable for much longer, i reckon between say 500 to a thousand years, it will probably be one great big Ocean…….so the fish should be okay for a while. 😏
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