Loncon 3 Thoughts

Aug 15, 2014 09:37

I'm at Loncon3, using the free wifi to update. The weather continues rainy and cool, which means it's good to be inside. I've ran into a number of Chicago and KC fans I know, and several authors ( Read more... )

colonies, cons

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anonymous August 15 2014, 18:35:26 UTC
When I first read "shouldn't colonize other planets" I thought the panel must be talking about plots for SF books. But the rest of your post implies that they were talking about hypothetical possibilities in the future for the real world. If that was the case, yeah I don't see why not, is someone else going to be using Mars?

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houseboatonstyx August 15 2014, 19:50:02 UTC
If 'we' means 'life' and 'other planets' means 'lifeless planets' -- then sure. And we'd probably have to 'build space colonies', ie habitable bases, to do it.

If 'we' means 'humans' and 'colonize' means 'take over the natives and make them do things our way', or even 'terraform an existing biosphere to our liking' -- then not so much.

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chris_gerrib August 15 2014, 21:24:47 UTC
Again, whether we should is probably different from whether we would

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houseboatonstyx August 15 2014, 22:00:48 UTC
Unless the Federation takes us over first. ;-)

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