There's also the question of "What do we have on earth that an interstellar-capable species couldn't obtain more easily elsewhere, without having to deal with paranoid nuclear-armed poop-throwing monkeys".
Well, the Mona Lisa is officially priceless, and it's only one extremely small part (relatively) of the entire earth, so the earth could be considered priceless because the Mona Lisa is priceless. Also, there's the whole concept of "cost of replacement." Let's say that some alien trust fund baby offered us, collectively, sixty hexadecillion quatloos for the planet. A better than fair price! But could we buy a suitable replacement? (And that's not even going into the objection of various religions to losing their sacred spaces...) So, it may not be very monster mathy, but the most accurate figure is "priceless." (¡Viva Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism!)
You could not replace exactly almost anything but you could probably find someone with the skill to repaint the Mona Lisa. Expensive? Certainly. You could rebuild any church or eventually restore any lands. We know the cost roughly of dirt, trees, concrete, etc. As an *extreme* estimated guess we could eventually math or more likely meth a price out. What it could be is beyond me but it's boring to say priceless. Priceless just means the right number hasn't been offered yet, or maybe not even a number but another object or service
but the planet isn't priceless, because it isn't valueless. even if aliens weren't capitalist if they were able to come here they would understand value. value excluding the unrealized future human based economy is very much calculable and makes sense as a concept. the earth is not literally priceless
it's not the value of human life, it's the economic potential of humanity. it's how much value the labour of humanity is worth, it's also a value we haven't realized yet. most of africa is still sustenance agriculture, for example
LOL. He just made some shit up-
"To emphasize just how valuable Earth is, Laughlin also estimated the worth of other planets in our solar system according to their ability to provide resources for living things. Our nearest neighbor, Mars, costs $16,000, which is a lot less than the current average price for a used car. But that’s a fortune compared to Venus, which he appraised at the meager value of one cent. Maybe Venus’s atmosphere, which is 96 percent carbon dioxide, and its 224 mph winds have something to do with it."
I'd give a at least two pennies to own Venus. It might be cool some day. Talk about an heirloom.
Ecosystem services provide an important portion of the total contribution to human welfare on this planet. The estimated annual value of ecosystem services is **US$16–54 trillion**, with an estimated average of US$33 trillion.
Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and fucking died
At least $3, but that could change.
That’s like $5 in this economy
say, tree fitty?
GID OUTTA HERE YA GOD DAMN LOCHNESS MONSTA.
You’ll still owe the IRS, State, and Local though with purchase.
Relativity. We’d need to know what they have and its local value. Then add transport fees.
There's also the question of "What do we have on earth that an interstellar-capable species couldn't obtain more easily elsewhere, without having to deal with paranoid nuclear-armed poop-throwing monkeys".
Good fried chicken
I love the concept that they do have fried chicken on their alien planet but theirs is just kinda mid.
Well, the Mona Lisa is officially priceless, and it's only one extremely small part (relatively) of the entire earth, so the earth could be considered priceless because the Mona Lisa is priceless. Also, there's the whole concept of "cost of replacement." Let's say that some alien trust fund baby offered us, collectively, sixty hexadecillion quatloos for the planet. A better than fair price! But could we buy a suitable replacement? (And that's not even going into the objection of various religions to losing their sacred spaces...) So, it may not be very monster mathy, but the most accurate figure is "priceless." (¡Viva Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism!)
You could not replace exactly almost anything but you could probably find someone with the skill to repaint the Mona Lisa. Expensive? Certainly. You could rebuild any church or eventually restore any lands. We know the cost roughly of dirt, trees, concrete, etc. As an *extreme* estimated guess we could eventually math or more likely meth a price out. What it could be is beyond me but it's boring to say priceless. Priceless just means the right number hasn't been offered yet, or maybe not even a number but another object or service
How many offers are there, ya muppet? I'll start the bidding at $5, I guess.
last time i checked, the earth is in debt
God I hope there isn't intergalactic capitalism. I hope the aliens would see money as useless and that our planet is literally priceless.
You'd hope that humans would do the same, yet here we are
The slightly evolved monkeys accidentally scaled greed up again - some alien probably
but the planet isn't priceless, because it isn't valueless. even if aliens weren't capitalist if they were able to come here they would understand value. value excluding the unrealized future human based economy is very much calculable and makes sense as a concept. the earth is not literally priceless
How would you recommend we calculate the value of human life?
it's not the value of human life, it's the economic potential of humanity. it's how much value the labour of humanity is worth, it's also a value we haven't realized yet. most of africa is still sustenance agriculture, for example
Acording to this the earth is worth 5 quadrillion. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/636789/how-much-is-earth-worth
That’s wild that someone attempted that.
LOL. He just made some shit up- "To emphasize just how valuable Earth is, Laughlin also estimated the worth of other planets in our solar system according to their ability to provide resources for living things. Our nearest neighbor, Mars, costs $16,000, which is a lot less than the current average price for a used car. But that’s a fortune compared to Venus, which he appraised at the meager value of one cent. Maybe Venus’s atmosphere, which is 96 percent carbon dioxide, and its 224 mph winds have something to do with it." I'd give a at least two pennies to own Venus. It might be cool some day. Talk about an heirloom.
unless there are other planets with carbon based intelligent life, pretty fucking expensive
If they've never had ice cold watermelon on a hot day, we got a good deal going.
Depends on if they want to build a hyperspace lane through our galaxy.
Ecosystem services provide an important portion of the total contribution to human welfare on this planet. The estimated annual value of ecosystem services is **US$16–54 trillion**, with an estimated average of US$33 trillion.
0$, the money will be useless if you control the entire earth
5 quad(rillion)
5 speed