Peter is not correct about me in this case.
I have always known that dangers from Earth will also pose dangers to Mars. Obviously so. However, the immense difficulty of traveling to Mars means that there is a much higher likelihood of mitigating risks originating from Earth.
A clear example of major risk reduction would be a deadly pandemic. Since it takes 6 months to reach Mars, there is an automatic 6 month quarantine!
Even traveling at the speed of light, a deadly computer virus or AI attack can potentially be stopped due to Mars being ~4 to ~20 light-minutes from Earth.
This doesn’t mean that a Mars civilization eliminates all risk, but it absolutely greatly reduces the risk of consciousness being extinguished.
Moreover, Mars is a stepping stone to extending consciousness broadly within our solar system and ultimately to millions of stars within our galaxy, which would extend the probable lifespan of consciousness as we know it by many orders of magnitude.
That said, what I personally find most motivating is not the risk reduction aspect of extending life beyond Earth, but rather the inspiring nature of exploration and being out there among the stars!
Perhaps we will meet aliens or find the remains of long-dead civilizations that lasted millions of years …
President Trump just dropped a game-changer — no property taxes for anyone 65+ who owns their home outright.
“Senior housing should never be a burden.”
Do you back this?
A. YES
B. NO
'END THIS': President Trump eviscerates the Biden administration and liberal federal judges after an illegal immigrant allegedly kills a woman in Florida with a hammer.
“As I’ve said all along, if you import the Third World, you become the Third World.”
PRESIDENT TRUMP: "I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important."
"In a different attack, we largely destroyed their Naval Headquarters. Other than that, their Navy is doing very well!"
🇩🇪 Data from Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office for 2023 showed that migrants are severely overrepresented among violent crime suspects in Germany.
Non-Germans make up roughly 15% of Germany's population, and they accounted for approximately 41% of all criminal suspects and roughly 40.7% of suspects in violent crime categories (such as robbery and aggravated assault) in 2023.
There was a 14.5% increase in foreign violent crime suspects compared to the previous year, whereas German violent crime suspects rose by only 2.2%.
OMG. Alexander Lamar Banks Jr. was arrested in Michigan after he reportedly ran down White family with his car, K*LLING the couple's 3-year-old daughter.
Court documents of the incident describe how Banks then got out of the car with a shotgun and shot the parents. He also brutally assaulted a 72-year-old woman who showed up at the scene.
The mother and father are currently in the hospital in stable condition. The 72-year-old woman is currently in critical condition.
Why isn't this national news???