One of the most underrated and under-appreciated arrangements of words in history. I wish more people thought on this level. Thank you for putting this on a T-shirt so it can be appreciated by more. We have such a long way to go.
“For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. What new wonders, undreamt of in our time, will we have wrought in another generation?”
ottereckhart on
OMG, I do this as a thought experiment all the time. I think about what it means to go into space, and how what we take with us when we go will ultimately alter the disposition of the entire universe.
Usually the thought experiment is this:
Imagine our planet, our civilization, our exact circumstances right now actually happened 100,000 years ago.
Now imagine they went to space as they were. By now they have spread and advanced significantly.
Are you scared that they (we,) are out there?
I mean once we are multi planetary we are very hard to get rid of, once we are interstellar we are virtually impossible to get rid of and will spread endlessly
helbur on
Pale Blue Dot is my favorite quote of all time. Ticks all the boxes for me
framsanon on
The answer is ‘no’. I bet that not too long after non-scientists land on Mars, someone will throw their rubbish somewhere other than the bin.
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One of the most underrated and under-appreciated arrangements of words in history. I wish more people thought on this level. Thank you for putting this on a T-shirt so it can be appreciated by more. We have such a long way to go.
Very cool. Carl Sagan asked a pessimistic question but then gave an optimistic [answer](https://daniellenglish.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/the-frontier-is-everywherelife-looks-for-life2.pdf). Perhaps it belongs on the back.
“For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness. What new wonders, undreamt of in our time, will we have wrought in another generation?”
OMG, I do this as a thought experiment all the time. I think about what it means to go into space, and how what we take with us when we go will ultimately alter the disposition of the entire universe.
Usually the thought experiment is this:
Imagine our planet, our civilization, our exact circumstances right now actually happened 100,000 years ago.
Now imagine they went to space as they were. By now they have spread and advanced significantly.
Are you scared that they (we,) are out there?
I mean once we are multi planetary we are very hard to get rid of, once we are interstellar we are virtually impossible to get rid of and will spread endlessly
Pale Blue Dot is my favorite quote of all time. Ticks all the boxes for me
The answer is ‘no’. I bet that not too long after non-scientists land on Mars, someone will throw their rubbish somewhere other than the bin.