If we ever undertake multi-generation trips to distant stars, the initial crew will be optimistic enthusiasts, but their grandchildren will have reverted to the mean and will curse their grandparents for consigning them to live and die aboard a spaceship.
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I once listened to a rabbi who said that someone (maybe at NASA) consulted jewish scholars to learn how to maintain culture through multiple generations. Was an interesting thought experiment.
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Modern cults that could qualify: Mormons Orthodox Jews Progressives
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Perhaps Earth is such a ship and Mormons, Orthodox Jews and alike are fulfilling the ultimate mission.
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Sci-fi authors understood this. Arthur C. Clarke in particular had religious themes in every story I read by him.
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Didn't this happen in Dune?
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I volunteer as tribute
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idk, can’t find a decent bagel on the whole starship
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