Should you go to Mars? ft Bill Nye

In my opinion, if we were to colonize Mars, we would inevitably be confronted with natural conditions that the human race is not equipped to prosper in. This could lead to a new evolutionary path that could lead to a new species if breeding between planets does not occur at a high enough frequency. If cross breeding didn’t occur, we would maintain disadvantageous adaptations. I, personally, have reservations on creating a lineage that is evolutionarily maladapted to the environment or risk a speciation that could lead to great future conflicts. Furthermore, I fear the sociopolitical ramifications that could occur; as we’ve seen throughout history, colonization leads to power dynamic shifts which leads to subjugation of large groups of people. I do not think it best to risk creating such a scenario until it has been solved on Earth, which will not happen for 100’s to 1000’s of years, if at all.