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Rain Water Unsafe to Drink

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I agree it's not a paradox. I'm unsure about the 'easy' answers part though.
A couple easy answers:
1) Expansion of space imposes massive added travel time.
2) Space is big....really big. Faster than light travel could
be impossible, making trip times last eons. Why bother, eh.
 

lewisnotmiller

Grand Hat
Staff member
Premium Member
A couple easy answers:
1) Expansion of space imposes massive added travel time.
2) Space is big....really big. Faster than light travel could
be impossible, making trip times last eons. Why bother, eh.

I favour the theory that the majority of inhabitable planets are yet to be formed/reached that point of their existence. I think it was estimated that about 90% of the planets likely to be inhabitable at some point are yet to have reached that point.
So, we're like the alpha model intelligent lifeform (or at least, there are less than expected lifeforms at this particular point in time).

Still...I don't see a slam dunk answer (which is fine) hence my comment about 'easy'. Equally, though, your points are valid, and uncomplicated, so in that sense you are completely correct.
 

Wildswanderer

Veteran Member
Think about it. All water is rain water at some point. It evaporates and rises and comes back down century after century. Water never disappears, it just gets recycled. And that includes human urine.
 

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Think about it. All water is rain water at some point. It evaporates and rises and comes back down century after century. Water never disappears, it just gets recycled. And that includes human urine.
Same for human body. The evaporated water or that from a Hindu's funeral could come back in an hour's time. And that for a body in grave may be even shorter with maggots.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I favour the theory that the majority of inhabitable planets are yet to be formed/reached that point of their existence. I think it was estimated that about 90% of the planets likely to be inhabitable at some point are yet to have reached that point.
So, we're like the alpha model intelligent lifeform (or at least, there are less than expected lifeforms at this particular point in time).

Still...I don't see a slam dunk answer (which is fine) hence my comment about 'easy'. Equally, though, your points are valid, and uncomplicated, so in that sense you are completely correct.
Also, let's say that there's a very advanced race 1,000 or
10,000 or 100,000 or 1,000,000 light years away. There's
no way that they would detect us or vice versa during our
brief technologically capable age. Light wouldn't have
reached either of us yet.
 

YoursTrue

Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Muddy pool also is OK. One goes home and has a second bath with clean water. For most that is not necessary. In my time, things were cleaner, even muddy pools.
Even better when you stand in the courtyard of your house with a drain on the first floor roof pouring a thick stream of rain water on you. We had one such in our house. Of course, after two days of rain.
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"India bathing in rain" - Google Search
Well, now it's dangerous to bathe in the rain.
 

YoursTrue

Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
A couple easy answers:
1) Expansion of space imposes massive added travel time.
2) Space is big....really big. Faster than light travel could
be impossible, making trip times last eons. Why bother, eh.
I'm truly not interested in flying into space. For those who are -- go for it while it's available.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I'm truly not interested in flying into space. For those who are -- go for it while it's available.
Space flight looks very very uncomfortable.
Why on Earth would anyone want to leave
all this...
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to be cooped up in this smelly little can....
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exchemist

Veteran Member
the rivers and other water supplies may not have been "protected." All sorts of things may have been dumped in the rivers and pools. Almost like in the U.S. but maybe not quite.
PFAS were not in use at that time. So they could not have been dumped in anything.
 

YoursTrue

Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
I'm not going to stop swimming in creeks. I'll take my chances.
OK. We take chances every day we're ALIVE. There are no chances when we're dead. So enjoy your swim. This is not to say, however, that people don't get bitten by sharks in shallow ocean water, or get infected with brain-eating amoeba. But as they say, that's life. Now, that is.
 

Wildswanderer

Veteran Member
This all strikes me as one more way to control people... Teach them to fear all the elements, keep them inside in front of screens, and manipulate their minds.
They used to tell us that exposure to sunlight was bad for us when just the opposite is true, now it's water.
 

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
The water in the ground has to be partly rain water and we drink that all the time. Doesn't make sense.
Water's constantly recycled. Some of the water you drink was likely dinosaur pee dinosaur at one times.
The ground water coming from your tap was, hopefully, filtered and treated.
 

Wildswanderer

Veteran Member
Water's constantly recycled. Some of the water you drink was likely dinosaur pee dinosaur at one times.
The ground water coming from your tap was, hopefully, filtered and treated.
Nope. It comes from a rather shallow well. The only filters are the soil and rocks.
 
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