Current Events > They found tiny tunnels on rocks on Mars

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similar to tunnels created by worms. Thoughts? Natural formation or ancient Mars worm-like animals/insects?

I bet the ancient Egyptians made them

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Breathing holes for the Pikmin.

Does it even matter? Maybe there were worms on Mars. How does that benefit us? Who even cares. It's even less useful than studying dinosaurs here, at least studying dinosaurs give us a picture of the very planet we're on.

Master Kazuya posted...

Does it even matter?

yes

Master Kazuya posted...

Does it even matter? Maybe there were worms on Mars. How does that benefit us? Who even cares. It's even less useful than studying dinosaurs here, at least studying dinosaurs give us a picture of the very planet we're on.

Does anything matter?

no

it doesnt

Master Kazuya posted...

Does it even matter? Maybe there were worms on Mars. How does that benefit us? Who even cares. It's even less useful than studying dinosaurs here, at least studying dinosaurs give us a picture of the very planet we're on.

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Nothing really matters...

Anyone can see...

Nothing really matters...

I'm not being nihilistic for the sake of it, I think space exploration is largely some childhood pipe dream and it's a complete waste if it's just to "explore". So many problems here that looking there won't solve.

Master Kazuya posted...

I'm not being nihilistic for the sake of it, I think space exploration is largely some childhood pipe dream and it's a complete waste if it's just to "explore". So many problems here that looking there won't solve.

Thank you for your input I will pass it along to Obama

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Master Kazuya posted...

Does it even matter? Maybe there were worms on Mars. How does that benefit us? Who even cares. It's even less useful than studying dinosaurs here, at least studying dinosaurs give us a picture of the very planet we're on.

Discovering alien life would be huge.

Not just for philosophical and religious reasons but also for scientific ones.

Lfie developing on Mars and Earth would all but garantee there is life on other planets too.

And life that could survive on Mars would be unlike anything on Earth which would be fascinating. Especially if the life evolved after the Water all but went away.

I'd argue examining Alien worms if we found one would be far far far more huge as an event compared to studying a new type of spinosaurus

Master Kazuya posted...

I'm not being nihilistic for the sake of it, I think space exploration is largely some childhood pipe dream and it's a complete waste if it's just to "explore". So many problems here that looking there won't solve.

It's not that simple.

For starters "How does going to space help Problem X!" is dumb logic. How does fixing the potholes in the street help world hunger? Does that mean you shouldn't do it?

How does the NBA help stop the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, should we cancel the sport since it's a waste? Well no, it's an unrelated thing.

On top of that, even putting aside the huge amount of natural curiousity millions (if not most) humans have for the universe. A huge amount of technology and understanding of science that is applied in day to day life was created via space programs.

The current plans to terraform Mars are LOoooooooooooooooong term but there's no reason to assume the shit people are thinking up won't end up having real world applications for Earth.

Its both unimaginative thinking and unpragmatic thinking to go "Well this right now does instantly solve every problem or instantly having deliverable results, therefore it doesn't matter."

Imagine your ancestor 11,000 years ago being like "Why are are you tying logs together and trying to go into the water!? There's nothing for you there and it doesn't help you survive. In fact it puts you in danger!"

It's super rigid thinking

Master Kazuya posted...

I'm not being nihilistic for the sake of it, I think space exploration is largely some childhood pipe dream and it's a complete waste if it's just to "explore". So many problems here that looking there won't solve.

I don't think space exploration is a waste, but I do think that the idea of interstellar travel and colonization is a pipe dream. If you ever look into the logistics of it, it's just never going to happen unless we figure out a way to travel through wormholes or something.

Master Kazuya posted...

I'm not being nihilistic for the sake of it, I think space exploration is largely some childhood pipe dream and it's a complete waste if it's just to "explore". So many problems here that looking there won't solve.

Very closed minded take. Do you know how many useful inventions have come from space exploration? Just because you can't see the possibilities doesn't mean they don't exist.

FortuneCookie posted...

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Discovering alien life would be huge.

Not just for philosophical and religious reasons but also for scientific ones.

Lfie developing on Mars and Earth would all but garantee there is life on other planets too.

And life that could survive on Mars would be unlike anything on Earth which would be fascinating. Especially if the life evolved after the Water all but went away.

I'd argue examining Alien worms if we found one would be far far far more huge as an event compared to studying a new type of spinosaurus

All immaterial. Oh boy the spinosaurus! We were all waiting for that one.

UnfairRepresent posted...

How does fixing the potholes in the street help world hunger?

They are both efforts to fix existing problems. Existing problems being the keyword here.

UnfairRepresent posted...

A huge amount of technology and understanding of science that is applied in day to day life was created via space programs.

The current plans to terraform Mars are LOoooooooooooooooong term but there's no reason to assume the shit people are thinking up won't end up having real world applications for Earth.

If you can terraform Mars, you can terraform Earth, which is where we all are.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Imagine your ancestor 11,000 years ago being like "Why are are you tying logs together and trying to go into the water!? There's nothing for you there and it doesn't help you survive. In fact it puts you in danger!"

This is such selective exampling. If you think that my argument is that furthering technology is useless, you should reassess. This is like if a fellow caveman was howling at the moon every night because he thinks his scent will get better. And yes, that example is extreme and not relevant. And yes, neither was yours.

hitokoriX posted...

Very closed minded take. Do you know how many useful inventions have come from space exploration? Just because you can't see the possibilities doesn't mean they don't exist.

So you're saying the benefits of space exploration have more to do with what we do here rather than what it's used for for outerspace?

They made a whole movie about this. I might need to go watch it.

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I told them not to go to Mars!