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We are not. As humanity we can do several things at the same time.

Putting resources into pushing space technology has a strong potential to help you control your own climate, even.

We only have one house with only so much food in the cupboard, we’re also currently doing a very good job of trying to burn the house down and eat all the food.

Getting more houses would help prevent this, and in doing so pave the way for more scientific & technological developments.

Also trying to terraform your back garden would be very bad if it goes wrong, you won’t really get a do-over.

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OP isn’t that exactly how the calculator came about? Advancements in computing? I don’t think a handheld calculator was the goal, it was a by product of computing advancements. Hey holy shit if you combine these circuits in such a way it does division crazyyy

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1. Because having all of humanity in one place makes it much easier to go extinct. See dinosaurs.

2. if it were simply a matter of habitable land we'd focus more on planetside endeavors. But it's more about advancement and innovation. The advancement we need to live in the Sahara desert might be developed in our quest for Mars.

Aww, trying for insults? Cute.

The OP isn't asking g a scientific question, he's asking a a psychological question. Which are best answered clearly 😉

But you do you envypants.

I hear you. I think the creative minds promoting space exploration can be so singleminded they forget how massive and undiscovered our own planet is, not to mention how much damage we’ve already done to it. I guess it’s man’s nature to ponder life on other planets, but goddamn I wish we could at least focus on containing all the friggin plastics we’ve unleashed on this place. if humans didn’t “imagine” we would not have progress I suppose…

The sub is called explainlikeimfive, not explainlikeyourefive.

yes - but it doesn't capture our imaginations in the same way. (the idea of) colonising the stars is glamorous and exciting.

edit: additionally some people with a lot of influence are (incorrectly) convinced it's too late to save the Earth, and that our best hope is to "start over" somewhere else

Different groups of people do different things, there's absolutely people working on making desert hospitable for plants and crops. It just sounds less impressive than making a rocket and going to a different planet. So it's shown less in the news, you have to remember, the world is run by money, and most companies will absolutely choose making more profits over being more ethical or whatever. And news anchors are one such company. More impressive news = more clicks/reads = more money.

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Is it called pillory response? Kinda neat how we lost our hair but kept the fine muscles to bristle the hair to make us look bigger and protect us through a show of implied dominance. What other vestigial traits does the human animal have? Fascinating.

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But we should heat up. The ‘chills’ also refers to a feeling of coldness on one’s back or their arms.

You get the the ‘chills’ from the sudden sharp decrease in blood flow to the outer layer of your skin. Less blood flow means less heat and thus you feel very cold, very rapidly.

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If we still had a thick coat of hair, like our distant ancestors, something that spooked us would cause our hair to stand on end, which would make us look a little bigger and more intimidating. Look closely at the hair on your arm the next time you get that chill.

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yup. that's why gravitational waves also move at the speed of light. thats the fastest anything can move through the fabric of space-time.

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