John: the first person will set foot on Mars in his lifetime (2018)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2018-11-02) · owner: John
In November 2018 John said he expects to live to see the first person set foot on Mars, which he called the obvious continuation of what humans have always done.
About: Mars, exploration
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-02 | predicted | John expects to live to see the first person set foot on Mars, an astonishing feat but the obvious continuation of what humans have always done. (hedged) | Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person 00:00:29 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John says that although there were many human species, ours alone spread across the whole globe, despite inhospitable habitats and the high risk of death in exploring. — 00:00:03
- 2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John says humans have been exploring for the last 250,000 years. — 00:00:35
- 2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John says there is more than one kind of exploration: sailing into the unknown, and exploring the existing world in new, even counterintuitive ways. — 00:01:10
- 2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John: Against those who call such endeavors huge wastes of time, John says playing in real or virtual worlds in new, strange, beautiful ways is valuable because it makes people think differently about those worlds. (hedged) — 00:03:21