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| Topic Started: Mar 25 2008, 01:14 PM (158 Views) | |
| Sanach | Mar 25 2008, 01:14 PM Post #1 |
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It's been awhile since we discussed anything big and important as far as I know. So I think it's time for a debate. What is a debate? Just in case there are some of you out there who don't know it's simple. You are just stating what you think then you try to pursuade the others to drop their side and join yours. Just follow the rules to keep it fair and fun for everyone. 1. Make sure you know what you are talking about. Take a little time to do research if you have to. 2. Don't call people names. It's not nice especially if it's over them just not agreeing with you. 3. No trash talking anyone. IE: Bush sucks balls. This kind of thing is not tollerated and will instantly get you disqualified. 4. If more than two people are in the debate give everyone a chance to post. It's not really fun if two of you go getting into a deep discusion leaving the others out. 5. I as the moderator of this debate hold the right to ask aditinal questions to keep things interesting. Also if I see it starting to get out of hand I will ask only once for the ones cause the trouble to stop. If you do not you will be disqualified. 6. You can only sign up under 1 account. So if you use your main account you can't join in as your side account. 7. Most importantly have fun. Remember this is only for fun and not to cuase arguements and hurt feelings between you guys. Judging will be on not only how you present your side of the story but how you respond to what the other people say. It's not really a debate if you guys don't discuss stuff. If any admins or mods would like to judge just PM me and let me know within the next week. If anyone would like to participate Post in this thread letting me know. This debate will be starting on April 1st. You can still participate if you don't sign up and feel free to do so if you miss the sign up. The sign up is just here to see how many people are interested. And now... so you guys have time to research and form your opinions I'll give you the question. Should we go out and colonize space? If so, why? |
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| Seth | Mar 29 2008, 07:41 PM Post #2 |
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i'm in, everyone needs a cynic with warped logic 
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| Sanach | Apr 1 2008, 04:40 PM Post #3 |
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Alright... only one person signed up but that's alright. Go ahead and start debating. I'll be on at least once a day to check up on how things are going so have fun. |
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| Kristen | Apr 13 2008, 03:41 PM Post #4 |
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Can I join the contest? Where do we post? Right here or in a new topic or what? |
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| Sanach | Apr 14 2008, 01:25 PM Post #5 |
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Just post here... glad you want to join |
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| Seth | Apr 15 2008, 12:00 PM Post #6 |
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Ok after some thinking and some 'research' I use the term lightly I'm going to kick things off. Should we go out and colonize space? If so, why? No we shouldn't. On the most part this is a waste of time and money. this fixation on trying to reach the heavens and explore out of space can't happen. It's psyically and probably biologically impossible. My proof behind this is 'the speed of light'and the concept of light years. I predict that within the amount of time that humans have left and i'm being realistic here on this planet there is no way that we will ever be able to develop the technology or the engine power fast enough to even make instellar or even interplanetary travel a means for the general public en masse. The way that our global economies and resource consumption even if everyone got along meant that at the current rate were going Humans as a species have only about 5000 years ahead of us on this planet. In the future and the very near future consumption will increase and this number will decline dramatically. Even if we did get to the moon or saturns moons. There isn't enough basic general resources availible on those planets to even think about restarting the planet to what it was. It would be a last ditch attemp and gamble to try and keep resources going and it would fail. Interstellar travel is even more laugh able. Whats the point in building space crart and veichles and even testing them in space claiming to be the next step toward interstellar travel when they are out paced by simply lighting a match. Even if they could get a ship to go that fast the nearest galaxy with habitbal planets is like 340 light years away. So they'd need a gitatic crew, a large enough space to hold all of these people. A strict and effience enough command so when the old people die the mission carries on. Enough food and water and oxygen that would survive during light speed related and enclosed conditions for 340 years. They would need to hope like hell that no one decided to rebel or else that mission is gone. Not to mention that they'd need a recycleable feul that could run conditinously at th max burn or whatever for 340 years NON stop. Like thats ever going happen? what are they gonna use solar power? Once they get past pluto theres hardly enough to fuel a small satelite with a telescope let alone a giant flying barge at god knows how many million miles an hour. Done for now :angry: |
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| Mythos | Jun 6 2008, 03:48 PM Post #7 |
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Hmm, you make an interesting point. I was going to say that people with a very high amount of money would be allowed to go "Space Diving" Next year. I think it's pointless. Anyway, back to the point: We've got 5000 years, as you claim, right? In that amount of time, we could quite possibly find a method of recyclable energy that doesn't take ages, or even discover a way of oxygenating planets, such as terraforming. I doubt we'd be able to do such a great feat, but prehaps with a giant tube or something, we could pump oxygen into the atmosphere, but there's still the question of gravity...maybe everyone could wear lead boots :P? We may even discover how to put plantlife on unoxygenated planets. |
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