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Should we A) colonise other planets or B) build habitats in the middle of space, like O'Neill Cylinders and stuff? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by KevinFromSpace@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Again, I don't do "quibbling definitions with sophists", and honestly this just reads as techno-woo made to justify leaving dead rovers and broken satellites in our wake. "Oh, it was already there in trace amounts so we can just leave our toys scattered around the playroom." If I had that kind of laissez-faire attitude towards say, Yellowstone, I'd be put out of the park and banned for life. The fuck happened to 'leave no trace'?

[–] serenityseeker@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Who or what is harmed by a piece of lifeless metal on a piece of lifeless rock?

You said you're against sophistry, then you said Mars=Yellowstone