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Monthly Archives: February 2015
The Four Goals revisited
Earlier we published an article on four goals formulated by Gerard O’Neill. In that article we only described what these goals were, here we will present how we want to achieve those goals. Continue reading The Four Goals revisited
Baker on contraception
An interesting new way of contraception is discussed in Robin Baker‘s book Sex in the Future. Baker proposes a system in which people get sterilized at young age (16 or 18 for instance) and that their gametes would be stored ex vivo. When a couple wants to start a family they would retrieve their gametes from the storage and became pregnant through in vitro fertilization. Of course this program should be entirely voluntary, although it would be quite effective.
Constitutional rights
With a few exceptions most modern constitutions do include a list of basic rights assigned to every person. Here we want to discuss the purpose of constitutional rights. Continue reading Constitutional rights
The battle against spam
It appears we have made progress in the battle against spammers. Recently we noticed an increase in “feedback” spam, i.e. spam submitted on our contact form. Continue reading The battle against spam
Why English Should Not Be The International Language Of The World
Interesting article. The arguments presented by Nielsen also explain why we oppose English as the official language of space settlements. As we want to establish a new society, a new culture, a new civilization, we need to have a new language. Though we will not go for Esperanto, Ido is more of our liking, as that language as already some reputation.
When I was younger I didn’t like languages. In school, I hated Irish and thought it was a complete waste of time. Why bother learning it when everyone spoke English? In fact what’s the use of any other language when it’s obvious that English is the international language? This view is very common among English native speakers and to a certain extent it’s true. English is one of the most spoken languages in the world and is by far the most common second language in the world. No matter where you travel in the world, you have a decent chance of finding an English speaker. International conferencesalmost always are held in English and over 90% of academic articles are published in English. So it seems like case closed, English is the global language, everyone speaks it and I should be thankful that I happen to be a native speaker.
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Click & Rate
We are in favour of an alternative compensation system that uses an internet subscription levy to compensate authors of e-books, movies or music for people downloading their works. Continue reading Click & Rate
