We Could Kick-Start Life on Other Planets. Should We? | Betül Kaçar | TED

"Life makes our planet an incredibly exotic place compared to the rest of the known universe," says astrobiologist Betül Kaçar, whose research uses statistics and mathematical models to simulate ancient environments and gather insights into the origins of existence. In this fascinating talk, she explores how a deeper understanding of chemistry could lead to the "secret sauce" for sparking life on other planets -- and asks us to ponder an important question: If we could kickstart life in the universe, should we?
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[@Fighterjet227]

I’m surprised no one has made the comment wondering if we would really be the first to do this if possible? In other words, what if we are that seeded life created by “aliens”?

[@piecemeats3807]

Ridley Scott made a pile of movies about that.... some are better than others but overall Aliens is a pretty awesome franchise.

[@Lusc1nt]

Many religions suggest this idea

[@llhansari]

@@piecemeats3807 whats mean ''franchise'' it translated kinda weird in my language and i couldn't get it well

[@PongoXBongo]

@@llhansari Franchise is like a collection of businesses or works, like a McDonalds franchise or, in this case, a movie franchise.

[@serkandonmez4737]

Bir gün sizin gibi biri olabilmek dileğiyle 😭😭😭😭

[@KeroŞero]

Well, as I'm a living being myself I got to say I lean on a "universe with a lot of life". The reason why we've come this far as humanity is because we kept on pushing the boundaries and asking one simple question in the face of all perceived impossibilities: "what if"? P.S: Found this thanks to Lex's podcast, fills me with joy to see Betul, another Turkish person, working hard to make a contribution to humanity.

[@northsongs]

I'm thankful we have smart people like her looking into this question. I could listen to her all day.

[@eternisedDragon7]

​@@northsongs In fact, I'm the smart person (checking back to here after a year) that contacted TED Talk in a very elaborate, detailed manner on this urgent and utmost important subject matter, followed by them finding a suitable person to then present some - to be bluntly honest - bare surface level ideas part of all of it (which do already go very deep, but that'd be just a glimpse of how far much more I explained on the matter) on the stage. If you want to know more about it, though, search for "Ethics on Cosmic Scale" and "Hidden Red- & Dead-Lines of the Cosmos".

[@eternisedDragon7]

I'll inform and assert to you that that has been rigorously proven to be the wrong answer, however. I'd advice alleviating yourself from potential influences from cognitive dissonances, biases and informing yourself about scientific wildlife animal studies such as e.g. for r-selection strategist species in regards to their (lack of) quality of life, as well as realizing the dominant macro-ethical role evolution by its gargantuan scale takes for decision-making, while accounting for all of the circumstantial facts and laws of nature and the cosmos (but also the psyche for when it comes to the question of why alien civilizations would for excellent reason hide for the sake of others from others), in particular the fact that all life at all times is at the mercy of the all-powerful, destructive forces of the cosmos.

[@ericrang207]

I’m already busy enough with the life forms on this planet. Don’t need anymore. Thank you

[@VulcanOnWheels]

Your presentation made me think of what, in Star Trek is called the Prime Directive. You also made me think of an episode of Star Trek: TNG. More specifically, of the episode Home Soil.

[@nirutarijal184]

Thank you for your motivational word. Considering human beings haven't done a good job caring for this planet and people .❤

[@daemposers3026]

This topic makes me re think , to the past 400 thousand years ago , and comparing today . We are so bless that we are in a form of human species, to explore this beautiful earth than empty planets. Sadly we have too short life to stay in this planet so we must live life in a fullest way and taking care our evironment in oder to reserved for the future generations.

[@95700272]

Immortality is right around the corner, it’s just waiting to be discovered. Hopefully they discover it soon🙏🙏

[@cayelidenoteye9693]

Teşekkürler 👏👏👏

[@brittanybrazil3572]

Wow she changed my perspective on that question

[@brucebennett4274]

The assumption is that *'conditions are right'* except for *'secret x'*. Contrarywise, I think it more plausible that life will arise whenever conditions stay right for long enough, i.e. fix the environment to make life pop up (oh, wait - that's terraforming, isn't it...). Thought provoking though.

[@user-vk7cp1op9p]

I learned the meaning of "life everywhere" when watching an ocean video, created by an unusually talented photographer who conceived and created a work of art working under the seas where most of us can not go. In the videos, the creator showed the beauty and perfection and surprise of voluminous unlimited life that surprises at every turn. One of the inherent surprises is that the smallest life is often some of the most beautiful. Watching a slowly approaching fish of great colors and shape and pattern and behavior, and around him even more fish of pulsing beauty such that everywhere you look there is more curious behaving fish of such color and shape and size and pattern and brightness that it takes your breath away. In examining the video, you notice the tiniest elements beat with their own pulse and flashing bright color with patterns and shapes all its own, yet on the smallest creeping slug, there is a much smaller tiny almost imperceptible slug of with its own shape and color and pattern that amazes. It makes one think there are invisible even tinier bits of life that can't quite be seen that are just as colorful and amazing. I fell on this information and it made a difference.

[@GetYourLifeBetter]

Sometimes I wish I was immortal... I wanna live to see this

[@Zarozian]

And you can….wanna know how?

[@hankzhong]

Listen / follow Dr. David Sinclair, he's got a list of things that you need to do not only for longevity (i.e. lifespan), but more importantly vigor (i.e. healthspan)

[@richardmckeithan5576]

Those who chase immortality die...those who accept limitations of life, live for a very longtime You dont live once...we have life spans full of lifetimes... U wouldnt stuff a whole meal in ur mouth...ud eat it bite by bite...instead of stuffin immortality down ur throat, God gives u the gift of ur immortality bite by bite...lifetime by lifetime The ambitions of scientist are the history of God...its been done,advanced, and evolved...theyre repeating the mistakes we already learned from and grew from Dont leave this reality...by ship or by virtual transfer

[@letsgobrandon5800]

@@hankzhong he’s a charlatan….

[@MrSimonlos]

The quest for a cure for aging is already underway and many in the field say the first person to become a thousand years old is already alive. Have hope!

[@generaldamage3282]

Imagine that in just a handful of generations we may have that capability to coax chemistry of other planets up the continuum towards life

[@dfinma]

Why would we want to do this?

[@eternisedDragon7]

@@dfinma We absolutely ought to prevent such as it'd be a macro-scale crime. We don't want to do such.

[@Boomballer7]

Teşekkürler dediğin de eridim.

[@hotkarate1]

We are so busy trying to get to other planets and not outing that same energy it this one.

[@robertmoulds160]

In Calvin and Hobbs they imagine they land on Mars but scare the tiny jelly like creature. Realise our reputation proceed us Hobbs saying "Would you accept an unhouse broken dog." So maybe save home than move elsewhere.

[@LoriAW3791]

My German Boys! ❤️

[@eternisedDragon7]

Thank you for this great, well-articulated and concise talk. I think it goes into a for the current time suitably balanced level of depth, carefully approaching the underlying dilemma. I'm interested in what viewers' thoughts - expressed in comments - on this extraordinarily important topic are, and will be.

[@crashover6711]

Assunto muito bonito de falar beleza está superada pela cientista que fala.

[@wysiwyg1238]

She makes the best case for colonizing planets. Scientifically, we cannot make comparisons to what we do not know. Philosophically, we cannot gain true appreciation for what we have unless we do not have it.

[@tedf1471]

This is the premise of 2001 A Space Odyssey, do we leave an alarm clock buried on a nearby Moon?

[@mr.interlocutor]

I vote for her to represent earth

[@macrider7able]

Mankind has endeavored to persue many things, throughout time. These are not bad things in and of themselves, but every time has failed because of the absence of one ingredient. We walk away fr ok m out "First love". This is in no way meant to discourage your effort to press forward....Tis this that is central to what it means to be human. But success will be achieved only after all pieces are obtained and then placed in their proper place. If you achieve all but one piece, success will slip through the fingers. This one piece has been sought after throughout all of time. It you seek this final piece with all your heart, kind and soul, success will be your. But it is very difficult or challenging for this one piece to be found. Most people look for it earnestly, but don't know that it can only be found is one location. This location eludes most people and they don't know why

[@nthrbrck]

I haven't heard this speech in forever! The last time must have been like, what, 3.5 billion years ago?

[@Jayman5281]

“Should we?” Too many times we “did” before asking if we should. Hoover Damn is a perfect example. Maybe if We change…that’s what kept us around for the last 300 to 400 thousand years🤦‍♂️

[@jessmason2112]

Absolutely.

[@dawggonevidz9140]

It seems to me if there was intelligent life in the universe it would be smart enough to avoid contact with or detection by brutal, needlessly cruel, ignorant, stupid, prideful species like ours.

[@Awakened_warrior59]

I believe this to be true.

[@Myrslokstok]

They look at us and laugh 😆 there craps out. We are the most stupid in the galaxy, they don't want to ruin the funy apes.

[@hunterG60k]

I've long held the belief that we are under galactic quarantine

[@B0ULLIE]

I love how everyone just assumes that another intelligent species might not have gone through similarly barbaric phases. Humanity on an age scale is a meer teenager. Yes. Teenagers are scary, reckless, needlessly cruel at times, etc. But I bet we'll continue to grow.

[@dawggonevidz9140]

@@B0ULLIE tell you waat the last 2,000 years haven't shown any great improvements, still killing each other over the same nationalistic stupidity, still murdering each other in the name of the same imaginary friends. And another thing, what makes you think we'll be around long enough to evolve past this point anyway? The rate we're going we'll be extinct in a couple centuries if we're lucky.

[@farbelong]

I imagine the gods on Mt. Olympus had a discussion like this. "Interesting?" Looking for amusement they created life on earth.

[@tomnelemans2285]

can someone make a summary of this???? it is for school ty so much

[@namesurename3441]

Cant wait for hadron collider to succeed so astronauts can transform solar wind into stable matter. Biology is as unique as sound isnt it? As for ingredients: are we so unique to survive mass extintions and may be still the only. Wondering if my insticts remember them

[@amirrezashakori3865]

The fact that she uses the word remarkable a lot is remarkable.

[@llhansari]

remarkable is remarkable bro

[@eternisedDragon7]

I have to say I'm positively surprised by either people's intuitions or level of education to come far more often to the - at least for our current times - correct conclusion than I expected. So here is the solution rationale which allows arriving at the correct conclusion on this issue: On the topic of space expansionism, I think there would be books to fill with considerations about it, and I have many (what I think would be) noteworthy informally documented points on the topic, but for now, some of the most important ones that I'd like to forward would be the following. I hope my slight intellectual dishonesty (used as maybe psychologically manipulative means to press on the matter) in using mathematical nomenclature that alludes to the following statements to appear as if they were in a mathematical, absolute sense proven when that isn't quite true can be forgiven, but I genuinely am of the opinion that for the time being, it would be safer, better if humanity were to think of it as proven: 1. Axiom: The ethical importance of an issue increases alongside the number of therein involved sentient lifeforms, the time duration during which they are affected by it, and the vastness of the affected space to the extent to which changes of it affect the lifeforms. 2. Extremal case: By the above statement set abstract general standard, according to the current body of humanity's knowledge, general forms of evolution of life (if on earth or on exoplanets) forever constitute the most ethically important issue to exist in the universe: With billions of species - each with numerous individual lifeforms - together with durations on the scale of billions of years, and spacial extension of at least a whole planet, it dwarfs any other conceivable ethical issue's level of importance. 3. Valuation Axiom for the extremal case: According to many scientific studies, such as by Richard Dawkins, Brian Tomasik, Alejandro Villamor Iglesias, Oscar Horta, pain and suffering dominates over joy for animal wildlife in general forms of Darwinian evolution of life, and therefore - when accumulated across all logically entangled parameters such as duration and count of involved individuals - instances of such forms of evolution of life has to be kept at a minimum in the universe, as there never was and never will be anything that could be more important, to change the conclusion of this Anti-Panspermia-implying directive. 1. Special Cosmos Ethics Theorem: Exoplanet-Wildlife-Development-Control-dependent Anti-Panspermia Directive for Humanity The current state of the art of scientific evidence and ethics without exception imperatively demands that humanity does NOT engage in outer space activities of kinds that could even just infinitesimally likely risk introducing life to for any kind of lifeforms habitable worlds, for at least as long as humanity's practical capability of controlling the up to astronomically vast consequences of interstellar space projects doesn't sufficiently improve in a for interstellar space endeavors safety guaranteeing, critical manner. Proof (by contradiction): This conclusion deductively follows from the concerningly plausible, by many scientific studies supported, Axiom that general animal wildlife - not only as it has been throughout evolution on earth, but on a more general level that would apply to exoplanet life of our biological kind, too - for the vast majority of it is dominated by pain and suffering rather than joy (reference: Center for Long-Term Risk). Assume the existence of a counter-example: It could be argued that IF overall worthwhile to exist life on a larger scale were to rely on previous evolutionary animal wildlife's existence and that the former were to safely come from the latter, that THEN it could possibly be better for evolutionary animal wildlife to come into existence than not. Proof (by Ethical Dominance Principle) of the impossibility of the existence of counter-examples: However, given that aforementioned, dominant wildlife animal pain and suffering in its amount and hence importance and priority for macro-scale decision-making increases by the duration throughout which such a miserable, in itself unwantable state persists, and that in the case of general forms of evolution of life, we have to expect that it can last for extraordinary long times of what essentially is involuntary, if avoidable unnecessary torture by the banal means of nature's own ruthlessness, namely that it can last for billions of years, and furthermore that these time-spans are unavoidable if it shall lead to intelligent species, we can therefore conclude that the severity of this issue dominates every other to this date conceivable, plausible ethical issue, since all other ethical issues absolutely pale in comparison to the magnitudes of magnitudes by which this central ethical issue overshadows them all, in such a uniquely outstanding way that risking billion years full of suffering for thousands of individuals of at any time billions of wildlife exoplanet animals each can for nothing in the world be a by any standards reasonable sacrifice to make. Therefore, by humanity's current full body of knowledge, what happens to wildlife animals part of any actual, prospective, or potentially risked to exist instances of evolution of life constitutes the single most dominating, for ethical macro-scale decision-making behavior sole determinant factor of consideration. Corollary 1.1: Time-Global Anti-Panspermia Directive for Humanity If humanity is never able or can never be able to safely control exoplanet wildlife's entire development for the purpose of guaranteeing its & all by its own activities potentially emerging foreign exoplanet wildlife's pain-less flourishing, for any exoplanet wildlife risked to emerge or exist as consequence of humanity's outer space activities, then it follows that humanity shall NEVER engage in activities that risk causing such. 2. Central Cosmos Ethics Theorem: General Anti-Panspermia Prime Directive If the result of wildlife well-being evaluations of enough and sufficiently in time extended initial or lasting portions of expected or prospective cases of evolution of life is generally among all other ethically relevant factors the dominant ethical concern, and if furthermore a large enough unavoidable negative expected wildlife well-being has to be assumed of sufficiently common forms of expected or prospective cases of evolution of life, then imperative necessity of complete prevention of all preventable forms of panspermia follows. Corollary 2.1: Anti-Panspermia Directive on local Star System Contamination Any at least infinitesimally panspermia risking contamination of a celestial body within the local star system with (not necessarily extremophile) micro-organisms is to be prevented. This includes causing the emergence and spread of micro-organisms on a celestial body of the local star system, potentially followed by eventual interstellar transportation of by it emerging (extremophile) micro-organisms on the celestial body via natural panspermia, such as meteorites entering such celestial body's atmosphere to pick the organisms up and continue towards interstellar space via sling-shot. Corollary 2.2: Anti-Panspermia Directive on Space-Faring Any at least infinitesimally panspermia risking space-faring activities are to be prevented. This includes von-Neumann-Probes (self-replicating Spacecraft), (replicating) seeder ships, and space-faring of individuals where the Anti-Panspermia abiding behavior of them and later generations after them cannot be ensured. Corollary 2.3: Natural Anti-Panspermia Directive Any at least infinitesimally panspermia risking, preventable natural litho-panspermia processes are to be prevented. This includes (extremophile) micro-organism transportation methods via space dust, meteorites, asteroids, comets, planetoids, planets, and debris ejected into space upon celestial body collisions. Corollary 2.4: Anti-Panspermia Directive on Mega-Structures Any construction of a mega-structure that at least infinitesimally - due to literally far reaching psychological influences - risks panspermia being risked or pursued via outer space activities from any other - for the detection of such mega-structure in astronomy engaging - alien civilization is to be prevented. Corollary 2.5: Anti-Panspermia Directive on Super Volcano Eruptions Any at least infinitesimally panspermia risking, preventable natural super volcano eruptions on a by life inhabited planet that can reach beyond its exosphere are to be prevented, or altered so they safely don't risk panspermia anymore. Remark: The importance of prevention measures for types of panspermia (according to the above general line of reasoning) depends on the level of (lack of) controllability of the potential long-term consequences (in terms of kick-started evolution of life) that may emerge as result from such, and for the purpose of differentiating in a reasonable manner that has this control-related parameter in mind, it makes sense to differentiate between interstellar and interplanetary panspermia, as at least it seems more plausible that interplanetary panspermia - if it were to happen - would be easier and more timely to control (although not necessarily sufficiently controllable).

[@luizmonad777]

Geez, all of that based on that simple axiom of ethics. ethics is just a rule book we invented, therefore all your statements are false by definition. I don't believe life is based on pure suffering. Animals don't suffer much as we think they do, they don't have cognitive power to process that suffering, we do. Considering what life does, we have an imperative by design to expand life to the entire universe without regard to the future possibilities of the imagination of those who have never been to begin with. What ethics is that that refuses the flourishment of life to protect the "pristineness" of empty void ? This is no ethics, this is death, you want the universe to stay dead. That's the conclusion by induction of the refuting of the axiom.

[@Enzorgullochapin]

David: Allow me then a moment to consider. You seek your creator. I am looking at mine. I will serve you, yet you're human. You will die, I will not. Alien: Covenant (2017)

[@Qu.Z.]

I'm more interested in the deep ocean, like more than 90 percent of animals we still havent discovered.

[@yashiAxen39]

i would put biology to every possible planet for conserving biology when the sun eats the earth!!!

[@eternisedDragon7]

And that would make you the worst criminal in the entirety of humanity's existence, as you'd be dominantly causing astronomical amounts of pain and suffering for millions of wildlife animal species for all their individuals, and for hundreds of millions of years as they'd then be forcibly subjected to the outrageous gruesome Darwinian survival of the fittest process.

[@motivationeyes2852]

*Everyone who reads this, we don't know each other and probably never will but I wish you all the best in life and all the luck in the world* 🗣️🗣☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@Robert-qd6cz]

She is so beautiful.

[@rangdrishtisricolours192]

Anything anyone thinks wants to kick- not good idea. Start or finish

[@kinsmed]

Great Talk. Misleading title.

[@cosmicgreen]

[@joshuamarsh2618]

I strongly believe we as a species have the ultimate goal of survival and expansion which can only be achieved by taking to the stars and inhabiting other worlds. However, that wasn't the question of the video. Which is more interesting, a universe full of life or one where we are the only form of life? I honestly think both are equally interesting in their own ways. A Universe where we are the first forms of life gives us the opportunity to seed it elsewhere and populate it. However, a Universe teeming with life would make for incredible discoveries on how life evolved elsewhere and whether other forms have advanced far beyond our own stage. If I had to throw my guess in one camp or the other, I would say the Universe has life throughout it. It's immensely vast and we have only peered through a narrow window of it in any detail so its no wonder we haven't found anything yet, but I believe we will in time...…That's if we are still around to discover it....

[@CoolGirl007]

Your talk is the most interesting thing to me, thank you

[@TheTrig86]

Maybe Aliens would not be as self-deprecating as we are, and their KZbin comments would not be only about "how bad we are as a species"

[@dougg1075]

If we got to a point of easy and fast space travel , they would sell you a planet. Or get a free planet with each life starter pack

[@DS-iz9bq]

Just because we can doesn't always mean we should. Considering human beings haven't done a good job caring for this planet...what good could come from playing God somewhere else?

[@chrisbingham3289]

I consider myself a speck smaller than a grain of sand on a beach in comparison to the universe, so I don't think we will have the slightest effect on it any time in the near future.

[@vetdoc35]

Stanley Kubrick : Hold my Monolith

[@willy956]

So she doesn't want to terraform but... In reality that's what she is really proposing. No terraform but well just maybe a little bit xd okay, fair enough, I agree then! Let's make the future more interesting

[@luisparra7070]

She is a very interesting woman. Trained excellent subject I have seen it many times, and the beauty with which it speaks and very confident. But it would be good if the work of this beautiful planet was cast out by Jehovah the Creator of so much variety of life.

[@pintukhan5600]

I'd love to live in an empty but should be human kind an all I need

[@rjohns25]

Can we just make sure children are fed and not dying here on earth first? Just a small ask …

[@Fighterjet227]

Except if everyone stopped what they we’re doing and only focused on these kind of priorities, nothing else would get done even if it were possible to end world hunger. Don’t get me wrong, something’s are more important than others but also as crazy it it my sound, simply focusing on those things are not the best means of human survival. You have to understand, that extraordinary things come out of further advancements like this, potentially an actual solution to world hunger or a cure to cancer albeit indirectly. So it’s best to at least have a little interest in everything else besides the necessities

[@letsgobrandon5800]

Fed? We don’t even have enough in fact formula in US to satisfy demand and sleepy Joe is doing nothing but napping.

[@sunflower-oo1ff]

@@Fighterjet227 I so agree with you👍

[@andi91324]

and what happens if the answer is that even our life was initiated by 3rd party with the same ideas?

[@johnb8854]

*WHY is it, Scientists are STILL unable to understand or even know the DIFFERENCE, between the human species and "LIFE The Real Self" ("AWARENESS" NOT Consciousness) ???*

[@letsgobrandon5800]

This is why TED is full of it. We haven’t even physically made it to Mars or another solar system for that matter. Star Trek is many hundreds of years away.

[@wildwest1832]

Its futuristic star trek nonsense. The laundry list of issues you would need to solve is gigantic. The costs would be enormous. Its not even remotely practical as of today. Will it ever be? Its debatable

[@neoleonsion]

Bill Nye said earth is a closed system and we can't leave it. Actual astronauts living today tell us they can't go past low earth orbit. Another so called astronot said that the technology that was used to go to the moon was destroyed. Maybe this woman needs to get educated on reality.

[@PongoXBongo]

And we never will if we stop trying. We've made it to the Moon several times, and have been continuously inhabitng the International Space Station for over 20 years. Saying we can't get to Mars anytime soon is like saying that because the Wright Brothers couldn't fly the length a football field, then we shouldn't be able to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by now. Yes, Star Trek is a lot further away, but you don't need a giant ship traveling at warp speed to reach Mars.

[@letsgobrandon5800]

@@PongoXBongo who said to stop trying? I said to set reasonable expectations and if we exceed those, have a party. However, in our lifetimes, its highly unlikely. Heck, they can't even get Artemus off the ground the past month.

[@justigor802]

How bout we first take care of life on this planet ..

[@noneofur300]

Wow. Shes 🔥

[@AndreaCalaon73]

Galaxies don't explode. Planets meant to?

[@annashvets2059]

I can see the Ancient Aliens community reposting this video as proof XD

[@lgalina997]

The human infestation of planet earth has to be dealt with first.

[@LoriAW3791]

"We could kickstart life on other planets". All you'd do is kickstart death on other planets. Y'all need to get honest - Thanos 💐

[@chrisbingham3289]

If we are to survive we will have to find or create a habitat for us to continue. If we don't we will disappear like our sun when it dies.

[@PongoXBongo]

Yes and no. Yes to finding someplace off Earth to live to survive all the things that could happen before the Sun dies. But also no, in that the Sun's death is billions of years away and we're likely to have the capability to save the Earth by then.

[@denisefuentes7905]

Oh god no!

[@collinschultz3868]

Done manifested cocreated now worldwide

[@herocringe8475]

do do de da de da do do de da de de do. Da de da de da do.

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

I believe we already have and that's what earth is

[@Azamat421]

@@Power_to_the_people567 too bad we'll be extinct soon

[@titanium8757]

@@Power_to_the_people567 do you believe in God?or our creator who creates all of us.?

[@titanium8757]

@@Power_to_the_people567 from where did you know this fact.?

[@wagneric222]

@@Power_to_the_people567 Science contains many such gods, but good science starts with "all models are wrong". Thoughts are models we often believe via other thoughts and feelings... so, Earth does not exist in an honest sense, outside of puny concepts that are mostly useful for commerce and war.

[@JordanClemons]

I'm sure the Billionaires are already doing this, today.

[@realtalk6340]

We have to leave earth by 2100. Or humanity ends.

[@grahammewburn]

Dark matter and dark energy, is it another dimension? Could there be unique life there?

[@alanredversangel]

What a strange take. So we should seed lifeless planets but only a little bit, then let them evolve by themselves for billions of years so that we're not interfering?

[@PongoXBongo]

Some planets perhaps, like giant science experiments. Making a lifeless planet come alive may be a spectrum from strings of habitats, to seeding new life, to seeding existing life, to full-on terraforming.

[@95700272]

Yes we should!

[@eternisedDragon7]

With this opinion, you should probably better inform yourself & others on what it means to live as individual animal part of an r-selection strategy species, because that should help guiding your opinion on this matter for the better.

[@michaelbfree2run883]

LOL

[@Fred-mp1vf]

We are eternal beings. If we live without God in our lives, then our lives are empty & meaningless. See John 15:1-7 and Alma 12: 10-11 (Book of Mormon)

[@NoticerOfficial]

Create a set of rules and principles if he planet meets those rules and principles and yes it is for the betterment of our species. Done end of story conversation or lecture

[@monp.4903]

Let's get to Mars, and see where things go first.

[@Zebel_writes]

So we are making living organisms now,🥁

[@TheMrCloak]

Let me correct you...you meant to say; "In The Known Universe!" Freedom of speech, I love it!

[@antoniov64]

Beautiful woman

[@liutigerlab]

🙂

[@PainCausingSamurai]

Space faring drones that detect suitable terrain and produce RNA protein strands

[@nibiruofficial4463]

Пафос торчит так же как и всё остальное

[@verse8833]

HOT DAMN!! Beauty and intelligence! 😍❤️

[@knowpain9418]

second

[@kennypool]

Please refund all your taxpayer grant money.

[@jerrypolverino6025]

We invent gods all the time. We play god here on Earth. Why not?

[@eternisedDragon7]

Because of astronomically severe, by deep grounding in empirical science justified ethical concerns, that is why.

[@jerrypolverino6025]

@@eternisedDragon7 There is nothing morally wrong with planting a garden.

[@eternisedDragon7]

​@@jerrypolverino6025 As long as it doesn't lead to negative experiences to be felt by sentient individuals of some life form when otherwise less of such negative experiences were to be had, then I'd agree. However, we have no reason to assume this would be the case when kick-starting evolution of life on habitable exoplanets.

[@jerrypolverino6025]

@@eternisedDragon7 Humans have been playing god and gods for centuries. Right, or wrong we won’t stop.

[@eternisedDragon7]

​@@jerrypolverino6025 That may be true, but I'm talking about what should happen, and not what may happen based on historical precedents. So in that regard we may be able to agree then, afterall.

[@user-to2rf1rj5v]

Yes, this is the purpose of our existence.

[@eternisedDragon7]

The answer to the question is no, however, and if there's any best purpose to make out of all those that do or will exist, it's to aim for the best lives to be had, not just forcing any life into existence, no matter how miserable the circumstances may end up being.

[@user-to2rf1rj5v]

@@eternisedDragon7 Force life into existence? You mean, have babies?

[@eternisedDragon7]

​@@user-to2rf1rj5v Not quite, I mean contaminating pristine, yet lifeless exo-worlds with sentient but - and this would be the absolutely critical part - primitive lifeforms, meaning we'd have good reason to expect these organisms would be necessitated by the constitution of their local environment to undergo an immense struggle and competition over life and death with continuous evolutionary pressure, for example as consequence of sending interstellar space probes there of which it is extremely hard to make sure of their sterility, as e.g. Tardigrades (which have been carried to Mars by now) but also various bacteria are extremely resilient to extreme conditions, and typically come in countless amounts in the latter case. Just because the universe contains so far uninhabited but habitable hells, this doesn't mean we should even just infinitesimally risk populating them, especially in those instances in which they are so far away that it is utterly impossible to control what happens there.

[@florentijnwinkelman2091]

Wij hebben een masrover op Mars scan all ground

[@Sin.Atonement]

Stop lying, nobody is going to other planets lol

[@Theslowone450]

I just be simping

[@florentijnwinkelman2091]

You had q strip book Donald duck whent to mars build it a city

[@lindajean780]

I do not listen to Lies? 🤔🤨😌💯💞

[@domsau2]

?

[@taticanellinha]

Elon Musk should watch this.

[@ugurmammadov3628]

how - [hou]

[@BD-lq4id]

interesting claim based on 0 evidence or feasible methodology.

[@jeffepstein4138]

Really? Didn't get the memo on the space rocks with racemic amino acids?

[@dougholimon]

No... We shouldnt..shouldn't... because then all the other planets would be in peril just like EARTH. ✌️

[@florentijnwinkelman2091]

To mars takes 2 years

[@alestevez950]

Nope

[@mojo3008]

It has always been meant for intelligent life to seed the stars. Unfortunately human life on earth has lost a lot of intelligence in the last 20 years. Our means of survival as a species is among the stars.

[@kevinth66]

"It has always been meant..." - by whom, or what?

[@mojo3008]

@@kevinth66 by science. Ever hear of Carl Sagan, Wernher Von Braun, Albert Einstein, Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking? We have been dreaming about traveling beyond the atmosphere for thousands of years. It is the goal of humanity and possibly the goal that could bring us together as a species. For almost a century our greatest minds have postulated that settling beyond our planet could unite humanity. Bht nihilism is taking over western society and people are dooming us with their self loathing and hatred for fellow man.

[@a-h2739]

Boring

[@florentijnwinkelman2091]

You need gravity in space to repreduce childeren

[@LordMondegrene]

No, you can spin a ship for artificial gravity. Next!

[@kristopherleslie8343]

God created us to create life and expand

[@florentijnwinkelman2091]

The first thing in space Will be robots not humans how have contact humans cant survive rhe journey

[@raycicin1794]

A lot of talk but no explanation of how life could have started here 💩

[@zarazara7799]

Exactly. A laud mediocre scientist