Just reading about correlation between space exploration and bein' a big old vegan. Logistics, shelf-life, weight, safety, stability and efficiency. Closed loop systems etc. Interesting, eh? The future evolution of humanity may require moving away from animal-based diets. Just imagine, in 500 years, children being taught that their ancestors came from a planet they killed through exploitation where they ate the rotting carcasses of other living beings. They'll think we're barbarians. And they won't be wrong.
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@TheBreadmonkey In 1000 years: "We come from a long line of animal gorging, planet destroyers. Third planet is the charm, maybe we won't screw this one up!"
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Given that we can't fix climate change here, and that we don't have any long term closed loop habitats *on earth* where there's breathable air and local resources and infrastructure, living in space long term seems a bit of a pipe dream.
I grew up on scifi but I've become influenced by https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2025/10/biosphere-theatrics/
I see you beat me to it
@wendinoakland @TheBreadmonkey @essjax oh, I thought you we doing the lyrics of Cole Porter's Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love. You know:
🎶Birds do it, bees do it,
Even educated fleas do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love🎶
Didn't realise that you were mentioning specific animals that eat meat, in that case screwworm. Screwworms are marvelous, they don't just eat flesh, they lay their eggs into the living flesh
@webhat @TheBreadmonkey @essjax I was countering Ben’s vegan assertions, because lots of lovely creatures eat other animals. But then it veered that way and it was perfect.
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Birds also eat their own babies and also poo, but I don't think that's any reason humans should do it
@TheBreadmonkey we'll still have little pot-bellied pigs floating around as space pets though, right?