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If you did, I'm honestly glad you did. You definitely brought more to the table than I was expecting. This is kind of like a "spoiler free life" in a ...

Harmony as in multiple parts working to make the whole? A sort of "working for the whole in order to have nice things" kind of freedom?

So you go with a "mind your own business" sort of freedom? Everyone with there own little world, conflicting as little as possible with others?

Yes, but where is it for you? I'm interested in finding out where others lie.

It really is like that sometimes. That is interesting. Maybe we could make new things to know? I suppose we do make up new things all the time, but wh...

I think I see where you're coming from. To you, all that matters is that you feel more ignorant, not that you actually became more ignorant. If I do u...

Perhaps the more information you have the more you realize how little information you have, but that doesn't make you any more ignorant than before. W...

You Are A: True Neutral Half-Elf Wizard/Sorcerer (2nd/1st Level) Alignment: True Neutral- A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. ...

Well, at least your goal is achievable, you definitely get points for that. I know this very thread stresses that dictionary definitions aren't everyt...

He couldn't have gotten everything right. Ignorance certainly isn't strength, or we would all be gods.

That's an interesting assertion. Do you have any reasoning behind thinking this other than what I've already refuted? Keep in mind that I don't want t...

So the only slightly troubling thing is this? Something astronauts deal with daily and combat with regular exercise? Guess we should cancel everything...

I don't see why not. We could even bring mice for them to chase.

You forgot about the single most infuriating force when it comes to building, gravity. The temperature being so hostile is nothing compared to how eas...

Genetic augmentation at the level we've already mastered solves this. Making super-humans might make you uncomfortable, but it certainly solves the pr...

Right, because there was definitely a shortage of people to use in the homeland. I'm sure the massive cost of shipping people back was definitely wort...

But the vast majority never had that hope. Putting indentured servants and actual slaves aside, the average person could never have gone home. It was ...

A very fortunate colonist can. Realistically, a majority of colonists ever haven't actually had that option. Colonists are always the poor of a nation...

But the problem was the same between our species continuing and sending off colonists (which is really much in the same, actually). They both present ...

I suppose this is just an antinatalism thread then. Every human being since before the dawn of time has lived so that our species continues, which is ...

I think you are putting a limit on the potential animal life has to adapt. When humans build habitats on other planets, that isn't an adaptation to an...

Isn't the intelligence required to build big domes and space suits an evolutionary adaptation? Besides, if we can build big enough to terraform a plan...

Does evolution end when we learn about it? I see no reason why through natural or engineered means we can't go places in the future that we can't go n...

Is a child born into slavery actually free because his parents were slaves? What seems more likely is that freedom is hierarchical and we can only be ...

I think peace for at most 200 years is manageable. Especially when war means everyone dies. Sort of a mutually assured destruction sort of thing. Even...

In a lot of countries, teaching/education fails very little. A colony ship would likely have the very best both in method and technology, so I don't s...

I honestly question if anyone isn't born into servitude. I also question if servitude is really as bad as they say. Take a very rich, very happy man f...

Wouldn't the parents just teach them? Even if all of the adults onboard die in a horrible accident, wouldn't we still have onboard computers to teach ...

Genetic augmentations and a good amount of training could easily solve a lot of dangerous problems and minimize what we have to protect against. I thi...

We don't need to carry any fuel on board, or at the very most much less than is needed to go the whole journey. Lasers pushing a craft forward elimina...

Why?

If we can create automatic systems sufficient to not only create but maintain a ship large and complex enough to keep life support systems as well as ...

I think you are right in saying we are trying to fix the symptoms of a problem instead of the actual problem. There are people who have earned every d...

To avoid accusations (baseless or not) of the higher-ups of society using this kind of tech to advance themselves and close off the opportunity to the...

I suppose I do have that urge, but I also wish to earn it. I don't think I'm important at all right now. Also, I wish to do good things because they a...

I do think that most people are out for themselves, but I think that can be beneficial. If we lock what people want behind work that helps others, the...

To some extent, having something is better than nothing, but the opposite is also true. If someone does something bad to you, you're at least part of ...

5. Not as high as yours, luckily. 9 is just insane. My stuff was already relatively tame, especially next to wherever you grew up.

I'm just glad I'm not complaining about nothing. He had this weird way of twisting everything so that he was doing it for the greater good and was nev...

It is a shame how much they have to do. The salaries especially. Most of the teachers I have had deserved a lot more for just what I put them through,...

Yeah, tell me about it. Perhaps approval from the various teachers I had growing up felt nice, but love from them would have felt better. I think love...

I'll try and take the advice, thank you.

Ah, the self-fulfilling prophecy. I've been told by more than a few that is my greatest weakness. Maybe I'll overcome it someday.

I honestly question if anyone ever thinks they are loved. I can speak for myself and tell you that I'm not entirely sure, but my interactions with mos...

5 or 4 1/2 for me. I think the difference between the people in the gutter and the ones who become successful is interesting. Surely chance has someth...

I meant that while gravity is a real thing that we can observe, the name "gravity" simply tells me what you are talking about. It's a useful short ter...

I suppose his equation pleases me. I mean, he did just claw me, but I still like him. Surely. Enjoyment of Cats(Rico)-Being Clawed=Love for Rico I gue...

Perhaps our equations are just representations of how we understand what is real. All an equation does is explain a phenomenon or system in a way that...

Why would AI care about the well being of our planet? Such a consciousness would have the knowledge and capability to relocate itself to another plane...

If gods truly want us to stay primitive, they will exercise their powers and keep us that way. Otherwise, I see no reason for us not to harness god-li...