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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | Many people are opposed to | + | {{incomplete|Can someone please re-write this to make it less abominable?}} |
+ | Many people are opposed to the idea of spending money on space programs and attempts to colonize other planets until all of the problems here on Earth are "solved". It doesn't help that "all our problems on Earth" is very vague, and represents a large, clustered set of big and small problems, often causing each other, or colliding. Thus Cueball counters White Hat's utterly impossible demand with a sarcastic, patronizing, absurdly small time frame. If we really wanted to solve all of our problems before exploring more planets, we would never explore them. | ||
− | + | One could argue, however, that by exploring before we do, we'd be only worsening our problems by wasting resources, or leeching resources from other planets (while unrealistic at this phase) to solve our problems by causing problems elsewhere, so the reasoning isn't completely baseless, while the timeline set is unrealistic. | |
− | + | While the title text admits that there are a lot of problems, just considering the largest ones, like famine, diseases, energy, climatic changes, and wars, it would be unrealistic to think we could solve them in fifteen years, when humanity has been struggling with most of them since its appearance on Earth (and caused a series of them personally). | |
− | + | The argument between exploring space vs saving resources and solving problems on Earth is a pretty common one and can evoke many arguments on either side. Eggs and baskets may be mentioned, and realistically there probably ought to be a balance (as there already is) although naturally almost no-one, from ''either'' side of the discussion, is ever satisfied with the chosen allocations. If it isn't space programs that's under/over-funded it's something else, anyway, with various individuals having their own particular favorite and bugbear expenditures in mind. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and White Hat stand talking | + | :[Cueball and White Hat stand talking.] |
:White Hat: We shouldn't be exploring other planets until we've solved all our problems here on Earth. | :White Hat: We shouldn't be exploring other planets until we've solved all our problems here on Earth. | ||
:Cueball: Sounds reasonable. So, what's the timeline on "Solving all problems"? Ten years? Fifteen? | :Cueball: Sounds reasonable. So, what's the timeline on "Solving all problems"? Ten years? Fifteen? | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] |