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"At present, the only method for travelling from one star system to the next within a human lifetime is directed-energy propulsion...

Humans are bacterial colonies - everywhere we go they will follow

Absolutely. There will come a day when we see humans (and any other living thing) more accurately viewed as a cloud of interdependent...

Sure but that's your personal preference. It's not an opinion you can reliably count on for others. It is pointless to rule out...

That is not what started this particular discussion. What started this discussion was BWV's assertion that we would not be venturing...

I didn't think I'd see self-driving cars in my lifetime. But it seems if you throw enough money at something, miracles can occur. Musk...

I do not. It was my point was that it is a difference in scale. The vast majority of the difference is a quantitive difference, less so...

Hindsight is always 20/20. Those that set out didn't have that benefit. They still went. Ask the Roanoke settlers if they were...

It doesn't even come close being a theory. It's simply a supposition. But it's a darn site less wild than "we can send embryos out in...

Yeh. Wot he sed. Isn't that what I said?

One more reason: Procrastination. I come out to my Dave Cave on the pretense of getting some writing done (and smoking a stogie) in my...

Yeah. James Cameron is known for being a romantic. His settings may be fantastical but his stories are often very traditional. In fact...

I think the point is that some people will take the risk, not necessarily for survival or any other comfy reason, to set out to explore...

Yes. And I don't drink ginger tea. Because it is hot. As I type this, I am out in my Dave Cave smoking a stogie. The temp is below zero...

Definitely true. It has been found* that, objectively, the best temperature for tasting things is luke warm. (But that does not mean it...