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there is actually NOWHERE to go though. the closest star would take 4 years at lightspeed, which is actually impossible according to the laws of physics to achieve.
my mouth
people have known the world to be a globe for over four thousand years ...read job in the bible ...only those fucking popes who put that kind of propganda about.
most of these people weren't at all afraid of falling off the edge seeing as they were trying to find ways ...round.
yea but we know space is infinite, most explorers were looking for islands to rape and plunder and move on.
Hang on, as a minarchist, surely you think under investment by the government is a good thing?
This thread has got too silly
<John Cleese/>
I dont think they should have been run by the government in the first place.
So you think that running essential infrastructure purely for private profit will provide the best service? There isn't really any evidence to support that is there?
and so have you
Yes.
Why?
Marx is a German social philosopher ( Hitler's father in law) who lived million years ago and who has invented concentration camps and free compulsory education ( that is the same of course)
Heinlein is an ancient American writer of science fiction who had strong libertarian feelings
PS
If philosophy is not relevant to your life,
change your life
PPS Space exploring is wonderful but ( contrary to Blagsta’s opinion) only on private money. Why the hell a farmer in Ohio has to pay for curiosity of NASA scientists? They don’t pay for his caws, right?
they can do wonderful things with anti-psychotic drugs these days