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phs318u on Nov 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Let's Colonize Titan

Of course they are the easier to solve, however your comparison is unfair. One one hand we're trying to solve for the entire human race, on the other hand we're solving for a handful of colonists. Now try expanding your colony for a significant proportion of the planet's population.

gilopll on Nov 28, 2016 [–]

The colonists have no interest in solving problems for the rest of humanity

phs318u on Nov 28, 2016 | | [–]

Indeed. In which case no one should be surprised when the "rest of humanity" doesn't get behind the colonisation effort as enthusiastically as some.

inimino on Nov 28, 2016 | | [–]

Even though they would by developing new technology, as with the space race.

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