Terraformation of other planets

[King of Axum]

If nothing lasts forever on this planet. niether will this planet last. My question is should humans be tacking the steps to terraform ( change the biological makeup of planets) to make them habitable by people and other living organisims on this planet.


Yours truly King of Axum want your Opinion

[removeduser_487563287433]

[King of Axum]

We me again Mr Ferrets

[removeduser_487563287433]

How is this an ethical, moral or religious matter?

[King of Axum]

What the do you mean. ethics. is it right to completly alter the life less planet ( lets say mars) from the state that it is to a more earthy mior this is a hot topic wat u sayin

[Muizer]

King is right actually. Ethics of terraformation are (perhaps prematurely) subject of controversy in scientific circles.

[removeduser_487563287433]

King is right actually. Ethics of terraformation are (perhaps prematurely) subject of controversy in scientific circles.

Well I suppose I'll have to give it to you, then.

[King of Axum]

Thank u Muizer. But the question still remains should it be done i believe if it is to be done in the future the people involved could very well be destroying potential life forms tryings to evolve

[Justice and Mercy]

Thank u Muizer. But the question still remains should it be done i believe if it is to be done in the future the people involved could very well be destroying potential life forms tryings to evolve

I care more about humans than "potential life forms trying to evolve".

Alot more.

Hell, I'll destroy "potential life forms trying to evolve" out of spite.

[Kiljan Arslan]

OF course it should be done if we are to survive we must terraform, and what ethics? How is bringing life to a place where life never existed wrong?

[King of Axum]

because that non exsistant life was once us amagine if some advanced extra terristrial life form half way across the galaxy morphed our planet into theirs. non of us would exsist. Do we really have the right or the no how we can't even take care of earth ( global warming) we might just screw up other worlds

[Muizer]

Do we really have the right or the no how we can't even take care of earth ( global warming) we might just screw up other worlds

Perhaps it is interesting to ask ourselve how we feel about the ethics of altering our own planet to suit our (immediate) needs. What about the role of European explorers who set out to "discover" distant continents. They, and the micro-organisms, plants and animals they brought with them, did of course also radically change foreign ecosystems. How is terraforming a distant planet ethically different from what they did?

[ajm317]

Do we really have the right or the no how we can't even take care of earth ( global warming) we might just screw up other worlds

Let's assume, for the moment, that we terraformed Mars and then global warming went rampant on it.

What the **** is the difference really?

Worst case scenario? No life before we got there, no life after we got there. Sucks for us, but Mars doesn't really give a crap.

I see no ethical problems for terraforming lifeless planets (as long as they really are lifeless). Arguing about what "might have been" is a little silly I think. Everything we do changes "what might have been".

[removeduser_487563287433]

I'm sure such problems will seem unimportant when we all live in 3 meter square boxes.

[King of Axum]

wat tha F#@$?????????????? that was random

what do you mean

[removeduser_487563287433]

Well since the thread is all about wild speculation I thought I would chip in. When Earth is so thoroughly overpopulated that my decendants are hunting smaller humans for food (or sport, that's my boy) I am sure the ethics of preventing the potential evolution of bacteria in billions of years will disappear.

[King of Axum]

it is not different all the more reason why terraformation is wrong.
Their are many alternative ways to solve the overpopulation problem
instead of terraforming planets worlddom colonies can be created.
plus were forgetting the earth has a way of solving over population aswell
( mass extintion)

[Muizer]

Their are many alternative ways to solve the overpopulation problem

I don't think the idea of using a terrafied planet to solve over-population survives even half serious scrutiny, so we can forget about that anyway. If you ask me, that's a more important reason to call terraforming unethical: it would cost tons of resources (with nothing in return) that's better spent on solving our own problems down here.

[Justice and Mercy]

I don't think the idea of using a terrafied planet to solve over-population survives even half serious scrutiny, so we can forget about that anyway. If you ask me, that's a more important reason to call terraforming unethical: it would cost tons of resources (with nothing in return) that's better spent on solving our own problems down here.

It's not unethical, assuming it's not the government spending on things it shouldn't be.

[removeduser_487563287433]

Alright, you can stay on Earth then. Ta ra.