From: Rik van Riel (riel@nl.linux.org)
Date: Sat Jul 24 1999 - 10:23:21 MDT
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Eugene Leitl wrote:
> I don't consider >10^4 year journeys in vast ecology bubbles to be
> interstellar travels.
Why?
A few mails back the (IMHO sensible) idea was mentioned
that supersocieties have space as their living environment
and only use planets to get building materials.
If that is the case, why should they be in a hurry when
they're travelling from one star to another?
The obvious answers would be population expansion or the
'need' to expand their living quarters or get material
for scientific tests.
But that answer can be effectively countered because:
- advanced species very probably master birth control
- advances in science and building means you can do
more with the same amount of material, so you don't
usually need to get more and more raw materials
- a huge ecology bubble needs a very good social system
to start with -- and such a near-perfect society
probably doesn't have the same urge as we have to have
more and more possessions
regards,
Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control of your data.
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