If one of these worlds interests humanity enough to have a coordinated attempt to reach there, that itself will be a huge win in terms of the side effect technology benefits that will come out of it.

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gchamonlive 40 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

If these worlds had biomes it would be imoral to colonize, because for the indigenous population already living there our arriving could mean a world-ending event for them. We have to be very careful these are sterile worlds before sending missions.

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sheauwn 27 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

We have no idea how two entirely different biologies would interact, if they would at all. Its something that we should study before jumping in head first, but to think that we would travel light-years but not consider the implications is a little preposterous.

	▲	gchamonlive 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
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delichon 27 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you feel the same way about human colonization outside of Africa?

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gchamonlive 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I'm Brazilian, I'm feeling the world ending effects of colonization today with the US actively sabotaging our democratic election process, so you bet I do, but anyone with a bit of humanity would also feel the same way.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/trump-state-...

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estearum 16 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Not GP but yeah I do feel there are some serious ethical problems created by the proliferation of humans and subsequent mass extinction event. Do you not?

	▲	delichon 9 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No, I'm biased toward our species, and feel that our terrestrial diaspora helped us to survive, and an interstellar one would too.
	▲	JumpCrisscross 12 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There are ethical problems created by any conscious action. That doesn’t make sapience problematic per se.

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jazzyjackson an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How many dystopian sci fi films feature some background ad campaign to go “off world” as an extreme measure the wealthy are able to take, or desperate indentured servants are shipped off to work.

Maybe as an interstellar program where your great grandkids will be the ones that reach the promised land will attract a different clientele tho

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DrJokepu an hour ago | parent [-]

A story without conflict, where everything goes well wouldn’t be a very interesting story though. So there’s a bit of a survivorship bias there.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 17 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> story without conflict, where everything goes well America has been lurching from crisis to crisis since Nixon, so it isn’t a surprise that our fiction highlights interpersonal drama. That shouldn’t lead us to conclude that it’s necessary, however. Stories about a team working together against the environment (often portrayed as gods and monsters) are as old as storytelling itself.

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shevy-java an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Let's assume such worlds exist.

How long will it take to reach them?

I mean, it would be a finite problem set, but who is going to pay attention when life span is at 120 years, give or take?

	▲	oarla 4 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It doesn’t matter how long it’ll take to reach them. The real benefits of such moonshot (or alien-shot) projects is the technological breakthroughs that come about from them. For example: water purification systems which were originally built to sterilize spacecraft drinking water.
	▲	JumpCrisscross 14 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> How long will it take to reach them? 185 years at 0.2c [1][2]. (No deceleration at the other end.) [1] https://hpf.psu.edu/2026/06/30/gj-3378b/#:~:text=Introductio... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot#:~:text=...
	▲	woleium 20 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		As far as I’m aware, the science at the moment says that we cannot reproduce in space, so unless we send embryos that are raised by the machine machines it’s likely impossible