From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 15:14:48 MDT
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 asa@nada.kth.se wrote:
> Why go to Middle Earth when there is another Earth? :-)
There are two very easy answers to that question.
First, there is no "magic" on Mars (at least to my knowledge) --
i.e. no "one ring".
Second, Mars does not have Liv Tyler (Arwen) or Cate Blanchett
(Galadriel).
As much as I admire the landscapes of Mars -- they do not
produce the emotional attachments that Middle Earth does.
(Seriously Anders, now that you have resolved the issue of a PhD,
the next question becomes *when* will Anders get a girlfriend,
a boyfriend, or *something* other than the "landscapes" of Mars?).
With respect to Mars, you will have to up the emotional significance --
otherwise its on the "to-do" list for dismantlement. (Computational
usefullness trumps how "pretty" it may be -- we can *always* construct
things much prettier (in virtual or "real" reality)).
Robert
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