[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KaiserJeep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', '-')snip-

Then why not build a dome here on earth, rather than at the top of an "energy-expensive gravity well"?

[KaiserJeep]

OK, but the Earth is full of hostile humans, who have consumed all other species, except other humans. Think of them as super-predators.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KaiserJeep', ' ')Competition causes evolution.

[KaiserJeep]

I think that YOU are discussing evolution as BAU, whereas I am discussing evolution as part of an incredibly hostile environment, where everybody not part of your extended family or community is trying to kill you and eat you. The social dynamics are a tad different between those two scenarios.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KaiserJeep', 'O')K, but the Earth is full of hostile humans, who have consumed all other species, except other humans. Think of them as super-predators.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KaiserJeep', 'I') think that YOU are discussing evolution as BAU, whereas I am discussing evolution as part of an incredibly hostile environment, where everybody not part of your extended family or community is trying to kill you and eat you. The social dynamics are a tad different between those two scenarios.