National Geographic's "Evacuate Earth"

On 6/24/14 10:35 PM, sailorbarsoom@... [spacesettlers] wrote:

> Ah yes: the generation ship which has all you need for generations, just
> to be abandoned for a somewhat Earthlike planet. I started a discussion
> about this at Amazon a few years back. People had the dangdest ideas
> about why living in world-ships just wouldn't work... even if it had
> worked betwixt stars for a couple hundred years.
> Amazon.com: Customer Discussions: Planets: Who Needs 'Em?
>

That's an interesting discussion. I've only read through the first page
of it... when I get time, I'll read the rest, and chime in if I think of
anything to contribute.

What's especially interesting is the high proportion of posts, other
than yours, which have been deleted by Amazon. I assume these were
abusive. Is planetary bias so strong in some people that even a polite,
well-reasoned objection enough to get them upset?

Best,
- Joe