James Lovelock: 'I Would Not Waste My Fortune on Colonizing Mars'

Post by haarts » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:12 PM UTC

s_dev wrote: post #16

shadowgovt wrote: post #2

Honestly, the moon is a much better goal.

Moon has nothing useful on it other than H3 -- and it doesn't really make us a multi-planet species in the sense we're protected from cosmic dangers (gamma ray burst, red dwarf etc) as the moon is relatively as vulnearable as the Earth to these.

Post by hising » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:12 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #12

hising wrote: post #6

He may be a smart dude, but this answer is out there: > "DER SPIEGEL: Cancer is a silent killer that might get diagnosed long after the exposure, when it is too late. > Lovelock: I've had 10 cancers in the last few years and it hasn't been very bad. They just appear and grow. If you go to a good oncologist nearby, they'll take it out. It's just unfortunate for people who let it happen and it grows and grows until it'…

“out there” is a pretty charitable description. I stopped reading the article there. I am not interested in reading the crazy ramblings of someone disconnected from reality.

Post by pritovido » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:14 PM UTC

JshWright wrote: post #10

> I mean, nowadays, I think middle class and fairly wealthy people don't die of cancer. Sounds like James Lovelock has been pretty lucky in his experience with cancer...

Post by agentultra » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:14 PM UTC

silvester23 wrote: post #22

Most of this reads as "this is how it worked for me so it must work like this for everyone". I understand he "enjoys controversy" but it's hard to take someone seriously who says things like "Oh, politicians should just ignore the protests and keep their minds straight. It will go away. It always does. They’ll find another big issue after a little while and switch to something else.", as if protests have never effect…

Post by Infernal » Mon, Feb 03, 2020, 2:17 PM UTC

haarts wrote: post #31

s_dev wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Moon has nothing useful on it other than H3 -- and it doesn't really make us a multi-planet species in the sense we're protected from cosmic dangers (gamma ray burst, red dwarf etc) as the moon is relatively as vulnearable as the Earth to these.

Going to Mars won't save us from a gamma ray burst either. Not sure what you mean by red dwarf but I take it that you mean an event on the scale of a gamma ray burst. Mars ain't good enough for that. I'd be curious to hear about events which would wipe out Earth and the moon but leave Mars intact.