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A comment on NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Parent comment

Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by wddkcs on Friday September 22, 2023 @02:26AM (#37608576)
Your analogy is an extreme example of the principle I'm referencing. Taken to a similar extreme, your argument is that we should choose who lives and who dies, through the limitation of the resources required for growth.
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Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by Firaxus on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:22PM (#37614016)
They are just being realistic, their example isn’t extreme (though yours is).

It is entirely possible with our current level of technology to adjust to the realities of the physical limitations in the world as we know it, without needing to resort to picking “who lives and dies”.

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Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by wddkcs on Friday September 22, 2023 @08:10PM (#37619383)
If those adjustments are to be made, they should be in increases in supply, not artificial constraints, that's my argument. Winning the lottery is imo more likely than finding a way to limit growth without draconian/totalitarian measures.
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