Re:The good things in the current age in tech
by GDC7 on Saturday November 13, 2021 @03:29PM
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> I've often thought that the pragmatic thing to do would be to send people to Mars that already have short life expectancies
Great Idea! I think Musk himself should go around in hospices and hospitals to find terminally ill people to send to die 35 million miles away.
Seriously, you guys have lost your goddamn mind. And I don't mean it in a fun and exciting way, but in a Jim Jones, L.Ron Hubbard and Hitler sort of fashion.
Pragmatic, right.....
I swear, this place is becoming darker and darker by the day, I was just pissed off because I killed a mouse when with more patience I could have just shooed him away, talking about sending people to die on Mars....fucking incredible mate.
Re:The good things in the current age in tech
by WalterBright on Saturday November 13, 2021 @04:07PM
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> sending people to die on Mars
It's about people wanting and choosing to do something great with what's left of their remaining time. It's not about shortening their lives.
I've often thought that the pragmatic thing to do would be to send people to Mars that already have short life expectancies. Like old people, and people with incurable diseases. They may want to do something great with their remaining time.
> and die of a terrible death
I doubt it would be worse than the terribleness of most ordinary deaths on Earth.