• Default_Defect@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    As long as we aren’t trying to fuck with the transporter technology that kills you and makes another you somewhere else, I’m fine.

  • FaceDeer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    To my surprise and delight, the article itself confirms Betteridge’s Law of Headlines by starting off with:

    A provisional answer is “no.”

    Personally, I’ve never really seen the need for such a thing. There’s no great rush to jump dozens of light years away when we have hundreds of planets and moons and other large bodies we’ve barely even taken a glimpse at right here in our own back yards. We can go right up to a Kardashev II civilization without having to travel more than a few light hours away.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t need to go light years, it’s the speed that’s important.

      If you can hop to Mars in 8 seconds instead of 8 months we can explore our backyard a lot better.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      There’s no great rush to jump dozens of light years away when we have hundreds of planets and moons and other large bodies we’ve barely even taken a glimpse at right here in our own back yards

      None of those are habitable