dimreepr

Why do you assume you're human?

Indeed, it's always been the same for me; if I'm in charge of a vehicle, I'm not allowed to hit anyone with it...

Science is about honest unbiased inquiry and then accepting the results of that inquiry, despite your expectation. Your method seems the reverse of that; it will probably yield the results I expect, therefore the possibility that I'm wrong is probably wrong; I wonder what they call that particular fallacy... What if the human tool is a virus best restricted to earth, and it's escape doomed the rest of the life out there; the only evidence we have is, we're trying our best to eliminate life not expand it. What's the point of doing such an experiment, if we'll never know the answer, as to whether it's a good or a bad idea?

Same you, different situation...😉 If I know I'm in a dream, there is no value to moral's...

How does a version of you differ from you?

Who else are we? When I become aware that I'm dreaming, I get up too alsorts of naughty thing's that would get me a prison sentence in reality; same me with a different awareness.

You appear rather confused. We do experiments because we need to gain knowledge on the workings of a particular area of science. A scientific experiment is designed to test an hypothesis. In essence, a scientific experiment involves a series of steps to either validate or reject an hypothesis. They are done everyday. That is what science is all about. Faith (as per religious faith) in reality (as you have shown) rejects scientific evidence and facts. I hope that also helps. I'm sorry, but I don't share your faith in such a project. Since Earth does have a use by date, and is so far the only planet we know of with life, I see such a project as forward thinking, and the implementation of science at its best. You don't seem to understand how big a billion is, and what a small percentage it is, of our* "use by date". * by which I mean humanity.

I suppose I mean language is more than just word's, it's cultural and the meaning is contextual; commit a thought to paper and it's trapped in the moment you wrote it, but if you commit a thought to a friend/peer they are not only more likely to understand the meaning, but that thought is free to be refined in a rich language that can deliver bad news with a smile.

If you'll never see the results, then it'll never yield results; you'll never know if the experiment worked or not science. Insisting anything based on assuming it'll work is nothing more than faith. 😇

What's the point, if we can't agree on the subject?

Language doesn't suffer a meaning deficit until we write it down.

Spoken like a true athiest... Edit... Not a criticism

Well put +1 You can self flagellate all you want, I prefer to forgive me for that dirty little thought I'd never tell anyone... 😉 Besides, what's so wrong with "that warm, fuzzy, inner comforting feeling" I'd be content with that.

What's the point of an experiment that will never yield results? That's not science, that's pissing in the wind, because you can. 😇

Lol, you're, killing in the name of...

Because we can is why we climb a mountain, because it's science is why we expect an answer... 😉 Ok, I'll be critcal; if it's possible, then given enough time, it'll probably happen.

Did you clean it with domestos?

Indeed, even the man made "supernatural" (god et al) tries to bring us back to earth; most extinctions are happening because life has cornered the market, but the market will recover... 😉 I know, I can't be repeated...

It's not a code it's an instruction, that's how the enigma was de-coded... “This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in — an interesting hole I find myself in — fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.” ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubtma was de-coded...

If we all agree to stop feeding them, they will either evovle, to eat something else, or die out... 😉

But I was in the middle of an epic wank!!!

The thing is, I don't think I can... How can I describe the beauty of waking up?

The one who let's me live a bit longer...

Which one is more beautiful?

If we took the data set of life when it first emerged, it would be impossible to predict it would evolve into a bipedal, oxygen breathing entity that could escape the planet; one data set does not a theory make. Let's not forget the topic title, and think about the possibility that an alien world would evovle differently. How often do engineers refer to nature to improve their machines? An F1 car has evolved to rely less and less on smelting metals and they still aren't the fastest on the planet...