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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
So there is little chance to actually send humans to those exoplanets anytime soon? I asked because even Alpha Centauri is super  far away
gpt
May I offer a view point that may help change your perspective, take it or leave it.

Alpha Centauri is in fact really, really close. The problem is actually that the speed of light is prohibitively slow. This might seem pedantic, but when you look at the proximity of our galactic neighborhood compared to the size of the cosmos, it really is almost on top of us. The issue is the speed to get there. Nearby stars feel far away because of how long it takes to get there compared to our fast paced lives.

To illustrate, think about how far the grocery store is to you. It's probably barely an inconvenience to get there, and it's trivial compared to the size of the globe. But if you were an ant, the whole thing changes. The difference is more about the speed constraints that the ant faces. This isn't a perfect analogy, for sure.