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- From: gene@wucs1.wustl.edu (_Floor_)
- Subject: Re: Star Trek and public perception of space/science/engineering
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:32:02 GMT
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- In article <kjhm2a_@lynx.unm.edu> opus@pioneer.unm.edu (Colby Kraybill) writes:
- ] In article <13200@pogo.wv.tek.com> bobt@pogo.wv.tek.com (Bob Tidrick) writes:
- ] >
- ] >it alone!" We have no business disturbing something which may one day evolve
- ] >into a more complex form. However if nothing is found than it is a mear rock
- ] >and we have dibs.
- ]
- ]
- ] Wait a second. Just by existing on *this* planet do we disturb the way
- ] everything else evolves. By your logic, we should halt our existance on
- ] Earth.
- ]
- ] --
- ] Colby Kraybill
- ] Space and Planetary Image Facility
- ] University of New Mexico
-
- Hmmm... Both sides have a point. I think it'd be great to leave a planet
- such as Mars alone for the purpose of watching it evolve. But I don't
- think that would be too prudent. That would be like telling everyone
- on earth to go back to Mesopotamia (or whereever, ifever, we all came
- from) so we wouldn't interfere with evolution on the rest of the earth.
- Besides, our presence may just help evolution along. I stress _may_.
-
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