EDIT: Unfortunately I made it seem as though I was talking only about world population at the time, since that was what my min d was focused on, however, I mean mostly for the part of colonizing through space to be read, since that is what the part about world population leads up to, partyl. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
I'm sure this comes up all the time, but here is something I've been thinking about lately, as strange as it may sound.
You cannot deny that our planet is overpopulated, or at least will become. Africa, China, and Japan are but a few examples. So many people wish to come to America that we can only legally let in a few at a time, while illegally immigrants are flowing into our country as if a dam had broken. Not to say that they shouldn't be here, immigrants are welcome. But if much more come, there will not be enough jobs, food, or room to accomodate even the immigrants, never mind the rate at which the world is reproducing.
The original point of reproduction was to continue the species, and it was done in large numbers because children had a low chance of survival. Now, there is no point in having so many children when we are already full of people.
Since I'm horrid with numbers, I won't attempt to make a mathematical estimation to prove my point. I'll just drive myself insane trying to work with large numbers.
Now, with all these extra people, we are certainly running out of space, as I have already stated, as well as jobs, room and resources.
We already know that there is a possibility for life on other planets, though that does not necessarily mean that there is anything living out there. If Mars or the moon was explored, perhaps there could be a chance for people to live out there, and as time goes on, humans could spread themselves farther and farther out. The fact is, if there were to be a huge natural disaster here on Earth, we would all die, and nothing would be left behind, no survivors, nothing. If, however, we spread ourselves out, hopefully beyond our galaxy, then a natural disaster would be very saddening, yes, but the human race would go on.
However, lately the government has done nothing at all to explore space. At least nothing serious. Pictures, that's all, I believe. We have done nothing to explore the possibilities of life on another planet, which we should if we are truly serious about survival.
Yes, I know this sounds serious, but isn't it about time that the government took it's attention off of politics and used its money for survival? Already now there have been two meteorites, comets, I forget which astral bodies it was, and the government took no notice, neither did the media, and yet we only missed by a mile I believe. A few miles. That's too close to say that we will never be hit by an astral body, and we have seen the tsunami--the Earth is certainly capable of wiping us all out, if it chooses. Is it really a risk worth taking to ignore the possibility that the Earth may not exist much longer, and that if we are not located in multiple areas, humanity will cease to exist.
Yes, I know that my little speech, essay, whatever you want to call it sounds silly, sounds ridiculous--but give it a chance, consider it even though it seems odd. The chances are too large for us to risk all of human life ending, and I rather like humans, personally.
I'm sure this comes up all the time, but here is something I've been thinking about lately, as strange as it may sound.
You cannot deny that our planet is overpopulated, or at least will become. Africa, China, and Japan are but a few examples. So many people wish to come to America that we can only legally let in a few at a time, while illegally immigrants are flowing into our country as if a dam had broken. Not to say that they shouldn't be here, immigrants are welcome. But if much more come, there will not be enough jobs, food, or room to accomodate even the immigrants, never mind the rate at which the world is reproducing.
The original point of reproduction was to continue the species, and it was done in large numbers because children had a low chance of survival. Now, there is no point in having so many children when we are already full of people.
Since I'm horrid with numbers, I won't attempt to make a mathematical estimation to prove my point. I'll just drive myself insane trying to work with large numbers.
Now, with all these extra people, we are certainly running out of space, as I have already stated, as well as jobs, room and resources.
We already know that there is a possibility for life on other planets, though that does not necessarily mean that there is anything living out there. If Mars or the moon was explored, perhaps there could be a chance for people to live out there, and as time goes on, humans could spread themselves farther and farther out. The fact is, if there were to be a huge natural disaster here on Earth, we would all die, and nothing would be left behind, no survivors, nothing. If, however, we spread ourselves out, hopefully beyond our galaxy, then a natural disaster would be very saddening, yes, but the human race would go on.
However, lately the government has done nothing at all to explore space. At least nothing serious. Pictures, that's all, I believe. We have done nothing to explore the possibilities of life on another planet, which we should if we are truly serious about survival.
Yes, I know this sounds serious, but isn't it about time that the government took it's attention off of politics and used its money for survival? Already now there have been two meteorites, comets, I forget which astral bodies it was, and the government took no notice, neither did the media, and yet we only missed by a mile I believe. A few miles. That's too close to say that we will never be hit by an astral body, and we have seen the tsunami--the Earth is certainly capable of wiping us all out, if it chooses. Is it really a risk worth taking to ignore the possibility that the Earth may not exist much longer, and that if we are not located in multiple areas, humanity will cease to exist.
Yes, I know that my little speech, essay, whatever you want to call it sounds silly, sounds ridiculous--but give it a chance, consider it even though it seems odd. The chances are too large for us to risk all of human life ending, and I rather like humans, personally.
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