10-02-2016, 12:39 PM
Seems reasonable - do you plan to post a reply to this poster once the change is made (or before)?
It might be good for folks to know we're listening
As far as our being pessimistic - we should be so lucky:p - More seriously, I think we tend to lean toward being conservative on these kinds of things because it's more fun to update the timeline to fix being too pessimistic vs being too optimistic. Also, when it comes to spaceflight, there is more of a history supporting pessimism or conservative assumptions than there is optimism. In fact, we've had several people tell us they thought our treatment of spaceflight was too optimistic. So, to some degree it's a process of finding a balance - and bearing in mind that the primary focus of the setting is the far future.
I can also post something to this effect, but didn't want to step on your toes.
Todd
It might be good for folks to know we're listening
As far as our being pessimistic - we should be so lucky:p - More seriously, I think we tend to lean toward being conservative on these kinds of things because it's more fun to update the timeline to fix being too pessimistic vs being too optimistic. Also, when it comes to spaceflight, there is more of a history supporting pessimism or conservative assumptions than there is optimism. In fact, we've had several people tell us they thought our treatment of spaceflight was too optimistic. So, to some degree it's a process of finding a balance - and bearing in mind that the primary focus of the setting is the far future.
I can also post something to this effect, but didn't want to step on your toes.
Todd