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I always wonder if the implicit telos of modern science is space colonization (leave this planet behind), and what the ramifications of that mindset is. Is this a dogma that can be challenged?

We've still barely scratched the surface of ecological sciences

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Yes, and it's the same telos driving all life, which has spread to every possible corner of the globe, and now will spread throughout the galaxy. I don't think anything that fundamental should be challenged.

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