Humans have never lived fully under ground or in completely inclosed societies at any point in human history in part because we need a decent circadian rhythm from the sun and to see plants and breathe fresh air
But also because humans hallucinate and lose their minds if they are inclosed in something with structural insecurities, like we are legit predisposed to go psycho
So hear me out
Story plot:Everything is going fine with a fifteen year space mission
Everyone's in good spirits, there's plenty of food and resources, everything's functioning normally
Then one by one everyone just loses their minds
You just described my entire week.
is this why ‘cowboy beebop’ had a bonzai garden on thier ship?
the sanity room
It absolutely is why Cowboy Bebop has a bonzai garden on their ship.
it’s also why we want people on space missions to grow their own food
even if we are aiming for the ability to cellularly grow meat, like a 3d printed ready-to-eat steak that never was a cow, we still want to use the tried-and-true method of growing our own plants
not just because hey free oxygen or aww cute lll friend plant companions
but because humans become extremely distressed if we can’t see or interact with plants, and we become depressed and lethargic. Even just looking at a plant -- even a fake plant -- reduces stress levels in humans
we don’t even do well in daily work conditions that don’t involve plants
we’re like little geckos in a jar with food and water
we need some sticks and leaves or we’ll lose the will to do gecko stuff
This just in
Humans are geckos