Originally Posted by Vivi22
There are a few reasons I would not want to go. Lack of interest is one of them. There are other people who would be happier to do it and better qualified and could contribute more is another. Having responsibilities. The big one for me though is probably the fact that I hate change. With a passion. I mean I can do it when necessary and deal with the depression and the intense discomfort if its making an improvement on my life (moving, getting a job, etc) or if it's something small changing shampoo (this also makes me uncomfortable the first few times) but something like moving to Mars would make me extremely unhappy and would almost certainly severely set off my depression. Meaning I would be a big ball of misery and it would do nothing for anyone.
I know there are a lot of people out there who don't feel the same but I just can't imagine leaving everything I know and people I care about and basically my life to make a decision that cannot be unmade. It's just depressing for me.
Also Vivi, I get what you're saying about money being irrelevant, I was just saying that to illustrate my point that there is no way I would go to Mars.
I never said people weren't implying you Earthers are crazy. But idiot is something else entirely.
And Denmark, telling someone they are objectively wrong is not the same as calling them an idiot.
I'm just going to jump in here and say that you often say things like this. Just sayin'.It wasn't said outright, but it was implied.
i.e. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?"
mars sux erth rules
i was just pointing out the part that could be taken as a personal attack.
Or the sort of ribbing I do everyday with absolutely everyone. I'll try and add in more emotions so it's more obvious from now on.
Teraforming seems interesting and could be a possibility in the future. However, I am more interested in the social and ethical exploration that will be occuring. The adventure to a new planet seems, as some have pointed out, a chance to reform society or challange previous concepts.
In this new society with limited sexual partners an no competition for resources/status, is monogomy or polygomy prevalant?
How does the removal of a tangibile authority figure affect this new society? Eg. Crime is not dealt with through a court of law anymore since a person who is the offender can not be sent back to Earth.
It's pretty cool and could go totally The Beach or have the potential to be something more healthy and efficient.
Have you ever heard of the experiment with the 5 monkies? Well this is a pretty big opportunity to do things that just -aren't- done that way around here.
I realllly want to go to Mars. I want to be apart of that. Plus all the cool experiments.
Boldly go.
Nothing against Mars or exploring but I have kids and they need me here.
Me and my kids have dragon eggs:
To be fair to MILF, I don't think he expects anyone here to actually drop everything in their life to hop the next space shuttle for Mars. More likely he thinks people should at least have the curiosity to want to go given the chance. I have family and responsibilities here on Earth too, but I think colonizing Mars would be a huge contribution to the human race as a whole.
Yeah, but again--Mars is a trouthole. If we colonizing Neptune, heeeeeells yeah.
Neptune is a gas giant. That is literally a trouthole. You suck at space.
i want to colonize mercury
I have to go now, my planet needs me
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