Why do we get so excited about another Earth? When we cant save this one(news.cnet.com)

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Why do we get so excited about another Earth? When we cant save this one

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57337178-71/the-sad-self-obsession-surrounding-nasas-kepler-22b-discovery/

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What is this, a race to see how many straw men we can defeat in five hundred words?

Finding another planet in the habitable zone is, if nothing else, a testament to humanity's technological advancement.