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I have enjoyed reading "The Songs of Distant Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke which talks about seed ships and the culture rise from that. It's an interesting read.
The seeds of humanity won't be humanity at all, but the AI.
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Fortunately my blender doesn't need an incentive to grind fruit, only a hundred and twenty volts.
Ah, but what makes you confident humans (or any other animal) isn't likewise acting deterministically with just a veiled illusion of free-will and incentive?
Based on those observations, the exoplanet appears to be about 70% larger than Earth with just five times its mass. That means it’s less dense than Earth Seems like a rather large leap to go from that to "it's a water world", at least in these days where we get a "this new exoplanet may be covered in water!" headline every few months.
It's around 100 light years away from Earth for anyone interested.
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Ah, but what makes you confident humans (or any other animal) isn't likewise acting deterministically with just a veiled illusion of free-will and incentive?
Your question sounds like a troll, but it's actually a fascinating one. Reminds me so much of reading Descartes and essentially asking, "How do I know I'm not asleep and dreaming?"
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Fortunately my blender doesn't need an incentive to grind fruit, only a hundred and twenty volts.
Ah, but what makes you confident humans (or any other animal) isn't likewise acting deterministically with just a veiled illusion of free-will and incentive?
It's around 100 light years away from Earth for anyone interested.
Since it's heavier than Earth, what about the rocket equation? Colonizing it may mean the inhabitants could never leave it.
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Ah, but what makes you confident humans (or any other animal) isn't likewise acting deterministically with just a veiled illusion of free-will and incentive?
Liking fruit is far from being an automaton.
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Programming machines to make the trip and then seeding with human life seems to be the best answer to distance.
I have enjoyed reading "The Songs of Distant Earth" by Arthur C. Clarke which talks about seed ships and the culture rise from that. It's an interesting read.