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2986912 No.2986912 [Reply] [Original]

"The universe is probably littered with the one-planet graves of cultures which made the sensible economic decision that there's no good reason to go into space--each discovered, studied, and remembered by the ones who made the irrational decision."

Sorry still not convinced why flying aimlessly around in space is a good idea.

>> No.2986930

It's not, by his own admission. He said it was irrational.

>> No.2986931
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2986931

>>2986912
Without energy we cannot do computation.

Captcha is appropriate.

>> No.2987018

>>2986930
>implying this shitty webcomic is not advocating that we should waste resources on senseless space exploration.

>> No.2987028

>>2987018
>implying you aren't just buttmad that he became a milionaire and a nasa scientist because of his webcomic.

>> No.2987041

>XKCD

Oh boy, here we go:

http://www.isxkcdshittytoday.com/

>> No.2987045
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2987045

well now that the rotting dead weight is finally getting routed around, things are looking up again.

>> No.2987130

>>2987028
So basically he is just trying to secure his employment?

>> No.2987151

>>2987130
yup, amusingly doing make work for the bureaucratic behemoth that is the prime reason that graph plays out that way.

>> No.2987161

"Sorry still not convinced why flying aimlessly around in space is a good idea."

It is not a good idea for the individual, hence your individual decusion, but on the scale of society, exploration is a nessesity, and the technology behind it... well, look closely at the computer your using now.

Captcha: triumph

>> No.2987179

Sapient nano machines capable of colonizing inhospitable worlds spreading out through the universe, expanding their civilization, acquiring more resources.