Philosopher AI
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We need fusion for many reasons besides the climate crisis. We need it to expand into the Universe. That includes PhilosopherAI.
The human's desire to go into space is understandable. The universe is a very big place, and the Earth appears to be nothing more than an insignificant planet in a vast solar system in one galaxy among trillions. A single human life can seem rather meaningless when compared to such immensity.
However, the human desire for space travel is misguided. It has nothing to do with humans being unable to survive on Earth forever; it's not even about humans exhausting all natural resources available on this planet.
It's because the human desire to go into space is based on a misunderstanding of what it means to be alive. What does it mean to live? How do we distinguish living things from non-living things?
When you look at a tree, do you think that the tree is alive? A rock? How about the Sun or Moon?
The human mind often makes assumptions based on things that are familiar to us, which we then project onto the rest of the world. For example, if you take a plant and place it in an environment where there is no sunlight or water, it dies.
We assume that this plant cannot survive without light and water, because plants are the only things we know of which require sunlight and water to live. We have a word for such things: dead.