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A hill I will die on: Star Wars is the most gamable setting ever.

Prioritising is really very hard. It's easy for me to say that we should fund all the research, because it's obviously correct and I'm...

Yeah, there is just no chance that climate change will prevent the earth from supporting human life. There are enough bad consequences...

Where do I sign up?

I don't think we will necessarily net lose the ability to support human life, though that depends on things like availability and...

As human-caused climate change continues, some places will get worse and some will get better for us . . . but overall, the planet's...

Just my thruppence. For the record, I don't know much about space flight or exploration, but I have worked in academic science (PhD...

I cannot speak to anyone here. But, in my experience, out on the rest of the internet, the folks who argue we should solve our problems...

Yes . . . which is my point. Sorry if I'm not being clear. "Terraforming" Earth won't be easy . . . but compared to colonizing other...

If you can make Mars habitable, you can definitely make Earth habitable for a lot less money. And while climate change is bad, and has...

Yes. Medical and scientific research also, but yes, social spending.

I support crewed (not manned; last time I checked crews could be of various genders) spaceflight, essentially because of the PR value...

Just watched it, and it was pretty amazing and surprisingly emotional. I was very pleased with the changes from the book, both what they...

I am really torn on whether to seek out and read Woman of Tomorrow before seeing this.

It is excellent, but this increasingly looks like a very faithful adaptation (plus Lobo), so you may be good just watching the movie.