We've come to a point where we're incredibly advanced. Ideas can be transmitted in seconds, people on opposite sides of the Earth can talk face-to-face, and millions of people can be linked together through television. Enough is enough. We have enough technology. We have enough entertainment. I see many people on this site calling for "space exploration" and "intergalactic colonies" and all that other bullshit. I say no. We need to focus on the planet that was meant for us - Earth. Could we terraform other planets to meet our needs? Maybe. [i]Should[/i] we? Hell no. The one branch of science that continues to be useful is medicine. Viruses evolve and so should our remedies. Other than that, it's pointless and filled with hubris. There are people, sick and starving, on the streets because of [i]our[/i] shitty economic system. We could be helping them, but instead we need to "explore the stars" and "expand humanity's reach." We can't expand humanity's reach if we lose our humanity in the process. [quote][i]"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should."[/i] --Dr. Ian Malcolm[/quote]