We (and by ‘we’ I mean people who are significantly smarter than I) found another planet that we might maybe someday once we find the technology could possibly feasibly almost live on.

Right.

Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s awesome that we’re exploring space, mostly because there’s 1) a ton of it and 2) we have no freaking clue what’s out there. And I agree that we should explore it as much as possible while Stephen Hawking is alive so he can explain all of the discoveries to us. But should the focus of space exploration really be so that we can find another planet to destroy? I mean, we’re already doing a pretty good job of cycling through destroying and attempting to conserve this one. And if you’ve ever read anything on the rise of life and evolution and climate change, you’ll understand that it was basically a one in a bazillion (ref: a “bazillion” is roughly the same as the number of Starbucks in Seattle) chance that we even exist, let alone have existed this long without either blowing ourselves up or dying of influenza.

So what makes us think that we could sustain life on another planet? We’d also have to send 14 year olds there, because it took this space satellite thing 27 years to get to this pseudo-earth. And, seriously, the Klingons probably already called dibs on it.

Source: BBC News

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