Does knowledge make things more beautiful?

[Human No More]

Originally Posted by Moco Loco

I didn't I just meant it's sad that we have killed animals for both of those reasons. Actually that comment was sort of off topic as I didn't mean it in relation to knowledge and beauty at all. Sorry

Don't be. It wasn't directed at you - I was simply logically extending your point

Originally Posted by Theorist

I think it's odd to say man kind has been to the moon and space. Only a select few have. The fact that we've been into space doesn't really change much for me. The sun shines the same, and the Earth is still as beautiful. Maybe for some people to find beauty they need to explore the whole of the starts, galaxies, and planets. But maybe for some 1 forest is enough beauty for a life time. One doesn't need to understand it to have it be beautiful. Take the Bayaka tribe for example. In the show, one of the tribes people says they know there is more than their forest, but the way they live is enough to satisfy them. No, not everyone is satisfied by this, but some do not have a never ending thirst for more knowledge, and can be satisfied by what is around them.

That's how ages go. Not every human was capable of metalworking (or benefiting from it) in the bronze or iron ages. Not every human lived in Britain or the US during the Industrial Revolution. Not every human has easy access to communication today, in the Information Age.

The fact that some people can find a smaller quantity inspiring is no reason to deny people who seek more that opportunity, and no reason THEY can not also - indeed, it's the fact that such things as seen on Earth exist elsewhere as well is what makes the universe to interesting to many.

Originally Posted by Pa'li Makto

To be honest, while space travel is indeed interesting I think the idea of searching for a similar planet, possibly for colonisation is an example of the top authorities looking for an easy way out instead of helping to heal the earth that we are part of.
I think we should care for our earth mother first instead of looking to explore the stars..

It's also rubbish. There are very few people with the requisite knowledge, indeed, if even any at all who honestly believe in such a method.
What has been proposed numerous times is to simply reduce pressure, as well as gain knowledge from other worlds and ideally, contact with other spacefaring civilisations.

Nobody honestly has a practical proposal for moving humanity, only to reduce load on a single area while avoiding an 'eggs in one basket' situation as far as a planet/system goes. The only alternative would be to drastically reduce Earth's population, by 2-3 billion - an engineered dieback by lowering birth rate is obviously possible, but remains unlikely as to be implausible for now without unprecedented advances in global provision of education and healthcare.