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Mars will be exclusively colonized by nobodies.

Cause nobody will be able to survive there.

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McDowell posted:

They build. They have society and do things with purpose. Each individual has a brain (albeit a tiny one compared to you). If humans became interplanetary or interstellar wouldn't we be like a fractal continuation of earth life. We would likely bring plants and maybe well domesticated animals with us. We'll unintentionally bring bacteria and insects everywhere.

Not if we become beings of pure energy.

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McDowell posted:

I doubt that will happen anytime soon (or colonization for that matter) - it all comes from Arthur Clarke's ideas in '2001 A Space Odyssey'. Electronics and a photocopied brain is a neat thought experiment but at present its just as real as the 1950's brain in a jar.

Humans need to be worthy and responsible for perpetuating life into the universe. When everyone is white no-one will be.

You sound really energyphobic there, buddy. You might need to open your mind a bit.

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