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Originally Posted by crukster
eh I dunno, again I'd say there's a difference between "dedication" and outright extremism. I guess what I'm getting at, and the middle ground I'd be willing to settle on is that unneccessary extremism is stupid.
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Oh sure, I think everyone will agree with you on that! Just one thing though; how do you plan on deciding what's unnecessary without knowing what the consequences might be? So the earth revolves around the Sun, whoop de doo, world changer that one! Unless, of course, we end up needing to consider the trajectory of the earth with respect to other planetary bodies or our planet as part of a solar system. But I don't think people were really thinking about spaceflight at that stage... Then again with rockets. Wow, what a great idea, being able to spend billions in order to send a tin can into space on "science" missions. Great use of money there! Unless, of course, we ever have need to colonise the universe or find some incredible discovery on another planet...
The problem lies in the fact that it's truly impossible to tell whether was seems like an extreme view at the time may turn out to have been necessary in the future. It's easy to tell with some things (the extremes :P) But with the middle ground? Not so much.