There sure are. Everything we've found so far seems to be amazing and there are a ton of organisms that defy the laws of biology we are familiar with for now so there is surely really a lot to learn. There are people that argue that it's more important to explore the deep oceans than it is to explore space and their arguments are certainly not without some merit.
I prefer seeing Science not as a single spider that has to choose where to make its web, but a gigantic army of spiders that can explore every single possibility more or less in parallel.
It wouldn't hurt to assign more "spiders" to taking care of our world (actually, we REALLY need to concentrate more on our world, but it seems like people are realizing that, given how many countries are suddenly getting on-board the green energy gravy train...)
There sure are. Everything we've found so far seems to be amazing and there are a ton of organisms that defy the laws of biology we are familiar with for now so there is surely really a lot to learn. There are people that argue that it's more important to explore the deep oceans than it is to explore space and their arguments are certainly not without some merit.
I prefer seeing Science not as a single spider that has to choose where to make its web, but a gigantic army of spiders that can explore every single possibility more or less in parallel.
It wouldn't hurt to assign more "spiders" to taking care of our world (actually, we REALLY need to concentrate more on our world, but it seems like people are realizing that, given how many countries are suddenly getting on-board the green energy gravy train...)
Oh, sure, I agree with that view wholeheartedly. Humanity should invest as much resources as possible into science and technology.