alt Hacker NewsI am a huge fan of SpaceX and I think that establishing a multi-planetary civilization is the most important thing to do, and, I’ll say bluntly, will save lives. But I think that knowingly causing miscarriage of a pregnancy should be investigated as manslaughter.
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> knowingly causing miscarriage of a pregnancy should be investigated as manslaughter
Then, legally, carrying out an abortion would need to be investigated as manslaughter as well.
Think of the implications.
> I am a huge fan of SpaceX and I think that establishing a multi-planetary civilization is the most important thing to do, and, I’ll say bluntly, will save lives.
How can we credibly talk about saving lives on other planets when we are demonstrably unable to protect life on the only habitable world we actually have? If we are failing at basic stewardship here, what evidence is there that we would act more responsibly anywhere else?
you know what would save lives?
If the top 1% would spend 1% of their wealth on preventing "low-hanging fruits" like
* children starving
* children dying from diseases whose vaccinations cost 1$
* educating people on things like STDs, etc
How would sending a few dozen people to the subzero anoxic radioactive and sterile desert known as Mars help Humanity? Would be cool, don't get me wrong, but utterly useless for anything other than scientific research.
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Are you advocating for prolife policy, and advocating for a woman to lose her right to choose?
SpaceX is NOT about going to Mars, it's about Golden Dome. Always was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...
I know I'll sound like a rube but somehow it rubs me the wrong way that the rich and powerful are spending billions trying to establish multiplanetary civilisations despite the fact that we still have plenty of unfixed problems here at home that also deserve attention and resources, if not more so.