From: Alintelbot@aol.com
Date: Sat Jul 24 1999 - 19:05:42 MDT
In a message dated 7/24/99 1:08:09 PM, you wrote:
Rik writes:
>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?
I have no idea either, but I would suspect it's because of the whole "race"
mentality that's been associated with space here on Earth (i.e. Apollo). I
don't think the posts that cling so voraciously to nanotech (to the point of
redefining what an interstellar voyage is for no sensible reason whatsoever)
have much to do with aliens; instead, they're projections of what might
happen to _us_. As such, they're very welcome. As applied to aliens--real
_aliens_, as opposed to hypothetical creatures with peculiarly human
motivations and human lifestyles--I don't find them particularly logical.
--Mac Tonnies
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