Called science fiction. When I think about it, any scifi story that involves interstellar travel has, somewhere in its background/backstory/context, the idea of settlement and colonization. The first starship always implies settlers to follow; or the frontier is being expanded or defended; or it's a story about politics among the settled worlds.
We sometimes talk about what it would take to get people fired up about space exploration. I've consistently said that the dry argument about economic benefits--"spinoffs"--gets us nowhere, and that it takes something like a grand mythic story to fire the imagination. While the vision of heroic astronauts undertaking risky missions of exploration appeals to some people, I think that even more people find the next logical phase of settlement to be even more appealing.
I'd leave this dump in a heartbeat if I had a chance, and I think I share the attitude of a thousand generations of settlers before me. The complacent will happily stay behind, and no doubt be happy to get rid of malcontents like me. It's a win-win proposition for everybody.
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We already have a mythology
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- Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets
- There's no PROOF for their claim. (n/t)
- Translation: Very good news for SETI weenies.
- I was never too worried about it
- How about admitting: "We don't know"...and search from there
- re: I was never too worried about it
- colonization's always been a one-way trip
- It's obvious you don't believe space aliens will be Democrats. (n/t)
- "Intelligence"
- Fermi Shmermi
- It is just nice...
- I was never too worried about it