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		kingkawn on Aug 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Afric... It's a pointless question as it is absolutely impossible to predict. So we continue to attempt to save them all. They will make other contributions too, or their children.

chris_wot on Aug 19, 2012 [–]

So you value people solely by their contributions to society. I do not.

kingkawn on Aug 30, 2012 | [–]

By their potential to be meaningful in the framework of our existence. Yes.

I am not advocating for the use of probabilities, but instead possibilities.

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