Do we as a species deserve to ever find another planet to live on as we're destroying planet Earth?

Question

In my opinion one might think NOT. Why coz we'd most likely destroy that planet too. We're destroying the planet at a such a great rate now. Why, well maybe it's all to do with greed. Does the western world realise the more we consume the more we are destroying ourselve's.

Answer 1

If we unite as species and forget all sort of racial,religious and class discrimination,then,maybe we do deserve to find another planet to live on...
In my opinion humans will very soon learn a lesson that being of different religions,races or nations is not important...what is important is that we all are humans and we should unite as humans...if mankind soon learns this lesson then that would be the greatest era of mankind and by then maybe we would be looking for another planet to make it our home
Unfortulately if mankind does not learn this lesson then it is quiet possible that mankind might even destroy itself(which I hope does not happen) before even been capable of going to another planet...

Answer 2

First off, stop being melodramatic...

Mankind is NOT "destroying" this planet... I will agree that some of our actions to lend a hand to our planet's ills. That being said; the nature of the Earth is much more powerful than anything human's can do. And if the balance shifts too much nature will compensate... with full force.

However, all you tree-huggers do is think in the short term. Do very little research. And the funny part is you say you care about the environment, but you probably know the least of anyone. Earth is billions of years old, it has changed drastically over time and will continue to do so, very slowly, until its inevitable death in millions, maybe billions of years.

I agree we as humans should do what we can to preserve the natural beauty of Earth, but we also cannot deny ourselves advancements in science, exploration, and industry just because a few unfounded scientific studies have said global warming is being caused by humans...

Global warming is a farce. The Earth changes constantly over time, and this same kind of warming has been discovered from core samples in the arctic, long before humans even industrialized or even walked on two legs...

Answer 3

what we'd need to do is make sure the new planet (likely mars) doesn't get as crowded as earth is. in the case of mars, maybe 100 million people MAX

if we can't manage to keep the population low enough to have a planet that will last, we don't deserve it

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and sidbishnoi, the reason it matters is even though there are trillions of planets, an unimaginably small minority are actually *habitable*. just to live on mars, we'd need centuries of work requiring the cooperation of the entire world's population. it would be a terrible waste if we were to put that much effort into something we were just going to destroy anyway.

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magpiesmn: we've got fairly solid proof that the earth is changing because of humanity's actions. we are our own conscious beings, and are (for the most part) not part of nature's will. in many instances we are going directly against what nature has made and what worked for millions of years before we came along. have fun living on a planet that's going to end up shrouded in noxious fumes and covered with radioactive fallout, because nature can't fix what the human race is doing to it

Answer 4

I know a young man who has discovered, through a kind of brutal awakening, that he can feel. I mean to say that he's never evidenced sincere emotions before, but I'm convinced that he does now. Does he deserve life, given the wrong he has done?

Its a kind of tale a lot of folks go through with severe psychological issues. Amazon's down right now, so I can't cite the book, but I was always moved by the tale of a young woman who was abused by her father as a girl.

The book's author a neurologist, who was inspired to become a brain researcher because of this tragic, talented young woman. She put up a brave fight, even got married and had kids, but could not get past the savage emotional fact that she identified love with being hurt.

She ended her life by running through a plate glass window on the 3rd story of a halfway house.

But what if she had managed to resolve her demons? The youth I know was fortunate, in a way. What he went through to discover his humanity was pure hell, but he survived.

Does he deserve life, even burdened with the knowledge of his failure, and of the people he hurt?

Think on this carefully. Humanity is not an abstraction. I really don't think you can answer your question unless you are prepared to state what it takes for a individual person to "live on another planet" - aka to start a new life.

The other question worth pondering here: can anyone or anything, outside of an individual man's conscience, sit in judgement of a person's decision to survive?

I'm not talking about the roles we may assume to resolve disputes or guide others - like being a judge or a priest: are there principles outside society, that might tell us when a person "must" either live or die, regardless of how they feel about the matter?

Sorry for being so long-winded, also I'm perfectly aware that I "answered" by posing a couple of questions!

But my answer is: you are not asking the right question here.

Answer 5

Whoever said life was fair? What has deserving got to do with finding a world to colonise? It is simply a matter of technology and the commitment to invest in it.

The Puritans sailed to a New World in the Mayflower, An ethically-minded group of people are more likely not to repeat the same mistakes when colonising a new planet or moon but how do they keep the unethical group of people out? Especially if mining rights cause a gold rush invasion of prospectors?

Answer 6

You will not get the chance. Over the centuries, your planet was a curious place to visit once or twice and was not considered very interesting . Sure, your wars showed us how undeveloped you are as a species and your infantile,(in cosmic terms) dependence on god concepts does not bode well for you. We are now showing an interest in you because it is not often that we get to observe a species commit suicide. You are so close to maturing as a sentient species and it will be a shame to see you kill yourselves. There are just not enough of you becoming rational enough to force the issue. You let the least among you determine your fate, so be it.

Answer 7

Just think of our experience on earth as trial and error, so when we do colonize any other world we will know what not to do. Besides the earth has a remarkable ability to recover from environmental damage, it is after all a loving ecosystem anything that is living can heal itself.

Answer 8

Sometimes, the most knowledge can be gained from your mistakes. Not that I'm saying that we need to continue destroying the Earth in order to learn about ecology, but I don't think your question is particularly relevant.

Answer 9

Yes i agree with you totally , it seems we human are like Virus to the total universe.

But as we have already been created then we just have to be finished up in this world otherwise we will lead a doom to the whole Universe.Now a day we are fighting in the name of community,religion,Country,etc...And then we will fight for planets,stars,etc.

And that time the wars will take shape of inter galactic destruction.

Answer 10

idk but I think the earth is alive maybe this is what it wants and we just dont realize it. the earth is in change its not being destroyed. humans are the ones that need to learn to change with it inorder to survive on it. sure go head and build a spaceship and move to mars thats fine with me. I will stay here on earth and wait for evolution to take place and possibly become something new but wonderful. as long as thats what the universe asks of me anyhow.