[lyqwyd]

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

Thomas Watson, president of IBM, 1943

Mayor’s claim doesn’t seem any more credible than Watson’s. Mayor might wind up being right, but not due to any deeper insight. It will happen, or it won’t. My opinion is we will do it as long as we don’t destroy ourselves first.

He’s also conflating the migration with protecting the earth. I don’t think there are very many credible people saying we should protect the planet as we can migrate to an exoplanet.

Protecting the planet is worthwhile, regardless of whether we can flee it.