just heard the interesting proposal to have off-world orbiting wildlife preserves (to prevent human & invasive species interference) and it made me realize it's rarely specified what wildlife preserves are supposed to preserve
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to me the idea made it obvious that part of the point is freedom to change over time - otherwise it seems like a terrarium. thoughts?
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Replying to @literalbanana
First guess would be that the idea is to preserve existing genetic/ecological diversity as Earth gets further changed/homogenized, and terraria would be less expensive than moving enough people to do the same on Earth, maybe?
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Replying to @JeanLuc_Lemur
yeah I wonder if it’s about preserving a “snapshot” of current diversity or allowing further diversity to evolve?
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Replying to @literalbanana
Leaving a colony to evolve would be *really* interesting, like taking an island colonization study to the next level
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yeah that’s a lot more interesting to me!
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