I don't understand how climate change deniers can actually exist. 100 miles a year vs 1000 miles...that's a huge increase. I know that most deniers have switched from the "it's not happening" argument to the "we didn't cause it" argument but I know some hardliners out there who still claim it isn't happening. And the…

But it's only 75 degrees in Washington DC in late July therefore global warming is disproven!

Since you've asked for meaningful engagement, I'll give it to you, but I honestly don't think you deserve it - this isn't a "thought-provoking" or "interesting" or "radical" idea; at best, it's a thought experiment, but your subject makes it abundantly clear that he takes it seriously - which means he's a crackpot,…

Nor is a lion who hunts and kills a terrified zebra. In both cases, the victim suffers horribly

It is a case of non-interference. It is a very good policy to have with species and communities that cannot or do not match our current level of development. I like to think of it as the "God Complex". The line in Star Trek: TOS — Return to Tomorrow. In it Sargon says: "One day our minds became so powerful, we…

Rather than littering the comments section with mere negation and incredulity, I would love to see the io9 community actually engage with the content of this article in a meaningful and productive way.

Few things scarier than someone else's utopia.

Hunger Games? Really? Really?

Lighten up, Francis.

The Right Stuff was an absolutely wonderful movie...

Elysium. The future is just too realistic. This is what the world will look like after the 1% is done with us.

1984. Probably because I think that lots of Orwell's predictions have come true, and most of them elude most people who are busy going about their daily lives to pay attention or muster the energy to object.

The book is even worse than the movie.

By the very fact of the Supreme Court rendering a decision it is a matter of Constitutional Law and I can assure you the Hobby Lobby case will in fact be discussed analyzed and remarked upon in many a constitutional law class. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act only can be a basis for deciding a case if in fact…