RE: Going to Mars?
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I did not answer the Part 2 because I don't know what "the skills" for the mission are. Most of my skills are "useless" but I also have a bunch that would be useful.
And I did pick something for part 5 but polls make my life difficult again because I'm being a fence sitter again thinking hyper intelligence would solve most problems but would also create more problems. Hopefully the hyper intelligence also applies to emotional intelligence so the more problems could also be dealt with x_x
Not that I would go at all, part of it is just a mental block of just how much I hate colonialism, and a bigger part is that to even bother expending the effort to think about moving there would have to be virtually guaranteed and massive benefit to doing so and a new colony doesn't sound like it.
There is a very non-zero chance that 20yo me might have gone along for the adventure but given that I didn't even go to Melbourne when I was thinking about it and I had even less useful skills then than I do now I probably wouldn't have made the selection criteria never mind the cut XD
I am surprised that so many people think they have the necessary skills. :D
And in part 5 yeah - it would create new problems. The interesting thing is - we have no idea what it would be like to be hyper intelligent, let alone have a society filled with it. I suspect that if we really were at that level of smart, we would be content much easier, focusing on real value rather than perceived value. Wealth wouldn't be useful.
Melbourne is scary.... ;D
Actually, I almost got shot by the police there when I was 15.
My observation is people that have no idea about something are the ones most likely to grossly overestimate their abilities in that area and/or grossly underestimate the time required xD
Wealth isn't useful. I get that as a means of exchange not having enough is a problem but it genuinely irritates me just how obsessed people are with it.
Oh damn D: