tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post113310970174086449..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: The Very Long JourneyAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-1133247348364390652005-11-28T23:55:00.000-07:002005-11-28T23:55:00.000-07:00FWIW, you might be interested in knowing how I hap...FWIW, you might be interested in knowing how I happened to single out neurosurgeons. It turns out that you need about 100,000 people to replicate all of the main professional specialtities necessary to keep a community going at a modern level of technology (manufacturing issues aside). The limiting factors are primarily the medical specialties and neurology is the most scarce.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-1133226224113095952005-11-28T18:03:00.000-07:002005-11-28T18:03:00.000-07:00I guess every space colony will need at least two ...I guess every space colony will need at least two neurosurgeons. Competition will keep them both in line.<BR/><BR/>I agree that incarceration is a waste of precious resources on a space colony. I have a feeling that punishments would either be a slap on the wrist or death and conversion to compost. For the good of the community, of course.Sotosorotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065491574825765076noreply@blogger.com