Omnitir wrote:You should rename this thread something like “Result of unlimited free energy?” – so that people bother to read it instead of dismiss it as most likely would.Heineken wrote:Ultimately we'd destroy every planet in the universe, habitable or not.
The universe would become a giant pulsing humanoid mass.
People would become God.
This is an interesting perspective. Do you think that using our superpowers given to us by unlimited and free energy to transform barren and lifeless planets into thriving Earth-like biospheres is destroying that planet? And do you think an empty lifeless universe is better then one filled with life and intelligence? Why?
Earth is a model for what we'd wreak on other living worlds, Omnitir. For the past century we've had virtually unlimited and very cheap energy, closely similar to the hypothetical.
As for the barren worlds, I'd prefer that they follow their natural course, whatever that might be (including perhaps their own evolution of life). And that we not plant Bush's ancestors there.
I know you consider my position unreasonable if not laughable, but I don't consider the human species worthy of occupying other planets. We've proven that by the tragic example we've set here.
The greatest contribution we can make to the universe at this point is to die out. We're a hopeless and failed experiment of nature.
Anyway, I'm not worried about the human pestilence escaping into the universe. More than 35 years after the Apollo missions, we're still cleaning up crap on the Space Shuttle.
The money won't be there, even if the technology is.