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I must admit that I am unsure what people really mean when they just refer to that. I have done so myself and it really is sloppy... -
Lren Zvsm reacted to Bandersnatch's post in the thread Red Dwarf Star Systems -- Could they support life? with
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The argument here is that without rotation there could be sufficient difference in temperature between the two sides to either boil off... -
Lren Zvsm reacted to Bandersnatch's post in the thread Red Dwarf Star Systems -- Could they support life? with
Informative.
Late to the party, but I can offer some intuitions. Re.: a&d, these are not questions about physics, but alien biology and... -
Lren Zvsm reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Are Clone Ships a Better Alternative for Space Colonization? with Like.
Another way of phrasing it: A gen ship story requires no truly new technologies (except maybe fusion drive) that need explaining and...
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Lren Zvsm reacted to Algr's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Are Clone Ships a Better Alternative for Space Colonization? with Like.
Both of those have major problems. (Think of the Krell from Forbidden Planet.). I think the former is more-or-less unavoidable. The...
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Lren Zvsm reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Are Clone Ships a Better Alternative for Space Colonization? with Like.
While I think clone ships would make a fresh and interesting premise for a book in its own right, I do not see it as what you call an...
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Lren Zvsm reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Are Clone Ships a Better Alternative for Space Colonization? with Like.
Do the the machines build the world the way the few dozen people say they want it, or do they build the world the way the people REALLY...
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Lren Zvsm reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Are Clone Ships a Better Alternative for Space Colonization? with Like.
Yeah. I think the gen ship can't work, and it's been done plenty besides.
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Lren Zvsm reacted to Algr's post in the thread Writing: Input Wanted Are Clone Ships a Better Alternative for Space Colonization? with Like.
We've just had an interesting thread about generation ships, but I don't think that that is the most reasonable way to colonize another...
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I have nothing to add to PeroK's concise assessment. Take it to its logical limit: at some point, we will have sufficiently-advanced...
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Lren Zvsm replied to the thread AI Consciousness?.I disagree. I psychopath can be conscious without having a conscience. So can human babies and non-human animals, which lack the...
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Lren Zvsm replied to the thread AI Consciousness?.One need not invoke religion or any supernatural belief in order to believe that the nature of subjective sensations (qualia) is...
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Lren Zvsm reacted to phyzguy's post in the thread Red Dwarf Star Systems -- Could they support life? with Informative.
There are a lot of red dwarfs out there, and they live for a very long time. The flares tend to decrease as the stars age. Given the...
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Lren Zvsm reacted to phinds's post in the thread Red Dwarf Star Systems -- Could they support life? with Informative.
very, apparently. Google is your friend.
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Lren Zvsm reacted to Hornbein's post in the thread Red Dwarf Star Systems -- Could they support life? with Informative.
I dunno, how inclined are red dwarfs to solar flares?