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Planetary chauvinism is a term to describe a commonly held belief that human society will always be planet-based (even if extended beyond
Planetary chauvinism is a term to describe a commonly held belief that human society will always be planet-based (even if extended beyond Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...
), and overlooks or ignores the potential benefits of space-based living. It's thought to be coined by Isaac Asimov, though in an interview with Bill Boggs
William Boggs III (born July 11, 1941) is an American television host and journalist.
Biography
Boggs was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA. He earned a master's degree from the university's Annenbe ...
, Asimov mentions that he heard it from Carl Sagan. The counter-argument is that all the benefits of a planet can be achieved in space, usually by an O'Neill cylinder
An O'Neill cylinder (also called an O'Neill colony) is a space settlement concept proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O'Neill in his 1976 book '' The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space''. O'Neill proposed the colonization of space for ...
-type structure.
See also
* Anthropocentrism *Carbon chauvinism
Carbon chauvinism is a neologism meant to disparage the assumption that the chemical processes of hypothetical extraterrestrial life must be constructed primarily from carbon (organic compounds) because as far as we know, carbon's chemical and t ...
* Chauvinism
* Particle chauvinism
* Surface chauvinism and surfacism
References
Space colonization Chauvinism Isaac Asimov {{Space-stub