X-Message-Number: 21653 Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 08:33:00 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: CryoNet #21646 - #21651 For Yvan Bozzonetti: We would not want to expand just to create more descendants. We'd want to expand as a matter of increasing our control over the Universe we lived in. Even if it were not the only universe, going to others would not solve that problem: what if some hostile form, equally able to travel between universes, arises in our universe after we've left it? That form need not even be as advanced as us to present a danger: no one claims bacteria are as advanced as us, but they still cause us problems. The same is true of viruses. And if we can travel between universes, then other things can probably do the same --- even nonliving things. Best wishes and long long life for all, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21653