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Starcrossed · 41-45, F
We probably do and we're just "that" planet that's kind of a sociological embarrassment because of how we sometimes treat each other so no one else on the galactic scale really cares to engage with us or let themselves be known to us, at least not to the masses.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Starcrossed Like we're the Florida of the galaxy? I've thought about that.
GerOttman · 61-69, M
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Because it is a concept beyond even the wildest space-fantasy stories.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@LordShadowfire It isn't, but you don't solve that problem by imagining we can somehow find a similar planet equally easily habitable by humans within any sensible astronomical distance!
There isn't one in the Solar System even if that Elon Musk bloke pretends there is; and though we know there are planets around other stars, but we have no idea what those planets are like beyond calculating their likely masses and distances from their own suns.
Even if there was such a planet and it became possible to colonise (and ruin?) it, it does not solve the over-population question. Just expands it.
There isn't one in the Solar System even if that Elon Musk bloke pretends there is; and though we know there are planets around other stars, but we have no idea what those planets are like beyond calculating their likely masses and distances from their own suns.
Even if there was such a planet and it became possible to colonise (and ruin?) it, it does not solve the over-population question. Just expands it.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@ArishMell Well, the other solution to the overpopulation problem is generally frowned upon in civilized society.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@LordShadowfire I agree! It is the most difficult of all humanity's problems to tackle.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M