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Colonizing another planet is a hedge against a destructive event (asteroid, bomb, etc) completely extinguishing the human species.
by s-v 14y ago
Colonizing another planet is a hedge against a destructive event (asteroid, bomb, etc) completely extinguishing the human species.
- philwelch 14y agoColonizing another planet would be a speciating event. Alpha Centurians would become a different species anyway, just like a population of birds that gets stranded on a remote island becomes a different species.