--- In spacesettlers, Don DAnthony wrote:
> Planetary life IMO will always have an appeal over
> contructed colonies to a degree; planets are big
> on a scale that provides a sense of freedom and
> the landscapes provide for a variety of experience
> one might not be able to get on a colony.
purely in perception of a superior authenticity. Compare mined
diamonds to synthesized diamonds. People prefer the former, though
the latter are technically superior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond#Gemstones
The modern real-estate market has always been based upon a myth of
authenticity, ignoring the fact that the "crust" of Earth essentially
is entirely liquid.
By the way, from the above-link:
"White diamonds must be grown in an environment free of
nitrogen and boron, which makes them very difficult to produce."
The hard-vacuum of space is probably free of nitrogen and boron.
That is not the appeal of a planet? Mountain ranges, valleys, oceans-all that really great stuff to explose and live in? Continetal wide forests, Island chains. I like Oniell habitats and I agree that they will become hugely important, I just don't see plents lossing any ground (no pun intended).
--- In spacesettlers, Don DAnthony wrote:> Planetary life IMO will always have an appeal over> contructed colonies to a degree; planets are big> on a scale that provides a sense of freedom and> the landscapes provide for a variety of experience> one might not be able to get on a colony.That is not the appeal of a planet. The appeal of a planet lies purely in perception of a superior authenticity. Compare mined diamonds to synthesized diamonds. People prefer the former, though the latter are technically superior.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond#GemstonesThe modern real-estate market has always been based upon a myth of authenticity, ignoring the fact that the "crust" of Earth essentially is entirely liquid.By the way, from the above-link:"White diamonds must be grown in an environment free ofnitrogen and boron, which makes them very difficult to produce."The hard-vacuum of space is probably free of nitrogen and boron.
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--- In spacesettlers, Don DAnthony wrote:
> > > > landscapes.
> > > That is not the appeal of a planet. [...] authenticity [is]
> experiencing the lanscape on a world vs a habitat the
> notion of geologic time also comes in to play.
> To pick up a 400 million year old fossil
Authenticity.
> to look at a river valley like the grand canyon and
> realize the epochs that it has cut it's course
Authenticity.
> are all part of the experience, not merely the lay of the land.
Authenticity, not merely the lay of the land, is part of the
experience. You are simply repeating me.
Repeating what another has said, with the implication that that other
has not said it, is a form of negation. See #3:
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/profile.html#tendency_to_rape
I was certainly not "negating" what you said intentionally-my apologies, "autheticity" as I read it was not
perhaps as specific to the description of what I was saying. However, now that you point it out I see yes,
I guess it does fall under the definition of "authenticity".
I stand corrected. :)
To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.comFrom: hitssquad@...te: Mon, 26 May 2008 08:39:35 +0000Subject: [spacesettlers] Authenticism drives the myth of real-estate value, Part II (was Landscapes are)
--- In spacesettlers, Don DAnthony wrote:> > > > landscapes.> > > That is not the appeal of a planet. [...] authenticity [is]> experiencing the lanscape on a world vs a habitat the> notion of geologic time also comes in to play.That is what I said: authenticity.> To pick up a 400 million year old fossilAuthenticity.> to look at a river valley like the grand canyon and> realize the epochs that it has cut it's courseAuthenticity.> are all part of the experience, not merely the lay of the land.Authenticity, not merely the lay of the land, is part of the experience. You are simply repeating me.Repeating what another has said, with the implication that that other has not said it, is a form of negation. See #3:http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/profile.html#tendency_to_rape
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