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Interstellar Travel - Possibilities and Human Physiology

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Taz
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03-30-2009 11:24 AM 		Reply to: Message 51 by subbie
03-28-2009 5:17 PM

Re: 500 million years left on earth..
subbie writes:
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Sounds like more Malthusian shortsightedness to me.
Subbie, just because Malthus was wrong the first time doesn't mean he will always be wrong. Malthus was wrong the first time because he didn't put into account the progress we'd make with technology and genetic engineering. That said, food isn't the only resource we'd be fighting each other over. And it won't happen over night either.
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Taz
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04-26-2009 4:53 PM 		Reply to: Message 60 by alaninnont
04-01-2009 7:36 PM

alaminnont writes:
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Resources would include minerals, metals, and fuel.
And who's going to mine these minerals, metals, and fuel? The robots. Perhaps he should have said usable resources?
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