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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Like wars erupting over FTL rather than sharing it, because the country or a corporation who would be the first to have such technology stands to have the potential to colonize distant planets.

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[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's much more to colonizing a planet than just traveling there. It's a massive ugly investment that may never turn a profit.

For example we have technology allowing travel to the moon, but that doesn't mean we're going to colonize it any time soon.

[–] phx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Colonizing other continents was also both hella dangerous and expensive at the time.

I think there's a lot of factors, including where the FTL transit time, potentia habitability of the destination, and conditions back on Earth.

There's a big difference between "hey we're sending you lot on a trip with at least a year transit time to a potentially hostile destination" versus "go ahead and start building, if you need anything call Tony and he'll have a guy there by Tuesday".

If FTL were a thing, or even near FTL with long-term habitability I don't totally see something like the Mormon Ark-Ship (from the Expanse) being funded by a wealthy enough group.

[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are talking about setting up moon colonies soon though, that's what the artimis missions are building up to. Afaik China is doing the same thing.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

They are talking about setting up moon colonies soon though

Bases, not colonies. Colony implies you can start family there. That won't be the case for a long time