the 2nd and 3rd generations would begin to lose their humanity.

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the 2nd and 3rd generations would begin to lose their humanity.

TAFKASE — 2/27/2008 5:16:40 PM (archived)

As their only frame of reference would be of worker bees supporting the ship/hive.

By the time they get where they are going, who knows what values they would hold dear...Those values certainly would not be those of the earthly environmentalist movement

So do we really want to meet up with our alien brotheren if it is them that is slowly crossing the Cosmos in our direction?!?

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The Ultimate Project: 10000 Year Journey - Socrates II - 2/26/2008 10:02:36 PM
- re: The Ultimate Project: 10000 Year Journey - eli novak - 3/9/2008 9:47:47 PM
- suspended animation, virtual reality, bootstrapping,... - sawyer - 2/28/2008 11:40:26 AM
  - Better than that... - Adam - 3/1/2008 3:05:01 AM
    - Wild!!! Scanned into Data Banks - carl - 3/1/2008 3:10:16 PM
      - i think it would be cool to have you1 and you2 engage in a gladiator battle! - Adam Bomber - 3/10/2008 7:45:36 PM
        
        Dave Brin already did it... - Adam - 3/11/2008 9:06:32 AM
- Rama redux - SDG - 2/28/2008 5:14:54 AM
- 1000 year plan - ER - 2/28/2008 4:34:41 AM
- The human attention span is inadequate - FrankC - 2/28/2008 12:09:53 AM
  - Not true. - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 3:02:22 PM
    - The Middle Ages ! Not a good example - Raoul - 2/28/2008 9:03:44 PM
    - re: Not true. - dd - 2/28/2008 4:49:42 PM
      - here's one - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 5:30:36 PM
        
        The national cathedral in DC has been under construction for about a century now. (n/t) - Lee - 2/28/2008 11:07:58 PM
- What humans want is freedom - Raoul - 2/27/2008 6:26:23 PM
  - I agree. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 8:07:32 PM
- What would actually happen - TB - 2/27/2008 4:42:49 PM
  - Speaking of Powerpoints... - TB - 2/27/2008 5:11:07 PM
- Ship of fools. - ER - 2/27/2008 3:46:14 PM
  - One would have to question the meaning of Life, lives. - Bowser - 2/27/2008 5:53:10 PM
  - re: Ship of fools. - REB - 2/27/2008 5:52:49 PM
    - Use of Terra-bots - REB - 2/28/2008 2:06:11 PM
  - Ship of Religous fanatics. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 5:09:29 PM
  - First generation would be the hardest. - TB - 2/27/2008 4:47:03 PM
    - the 2nd and 3rd generations would begin to lose their humanity. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 5:16:40 PM
- It would be a prison of sorts... - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 3:08:01 PM
  - Tech changes + Faster Ships - carl - 2/27/2008 5:51:06 PM
    - Far Centaurus - ER - 2/28/2008 3:49:05 AM
    - Why send it at all: Because we can - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 8:01:32 PM
- Orphans of the Sky - Joe-Jim - 2/27/2008 7:30:02 AM
- Why 1 Million? - TAFKASE - 2/26/2008 11:57:39 PM
  - A few hundred will do. - Lee - 2/28/2008 4:56:18 AM
    - genetic defects would eventually infect such a small population - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 4:01:35 PM
      - We're not talking about a CEV type vehicle. - Lee - 2/28/2008 11:05:14 PM
- Once CATS becomes a reality, anything's possible. - Lee - 2/26/2008 11:48:30 PM
  - We should probably just give up on the whole human species - Socrates II - 2/28/2008 3:23:55 AM
    - It's all going to work out. - Lee - 2/28/2008 4:38:57 AM

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