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MeatBallSandWedge t1_iwn55bv wrote
Meanwhile, you're writing your comment using an electronic machine that is the very pinnacle of all human technology. It wasn't created in a vacuum, it is the sum total of all the research, design, and product manufacturing that came before.
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So much for being happy with less 🙄
slowwPony t1_iwny6tq wrote
We can probably find a happy medium between spartan and hedonistic consumption patterns, it's not the worst point, if a tad prosaic
portraitopynchon t1_iwnbu39 wrote
"You criticize society yet you participate in society. I am very smart."
FlyingCockAndBalls t1_iwo1g62 wrote
"I will criticize society for every problem in my life without even trying to uphold my ideals. I am very smart"
EclecticKant t1_iwo525u wrote
We are spending so little on "trying to create stars" that, if we don't succeed, aliens won't even be able to tell that we tried. We spend more on most of the most famous sports, we spent more on the football world cup of this year than the entire world spent in fusion research for the last 70 years, we spend a lot of money on absolutely useless things, and you complain about spending an insignificant amount on something that could be a civilization game changer.
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EclecticKant t1_iwoadoy wrote
Luckily we are able to do multiple things at the same time, trying to save the planet and fusion research.
> I don't recall saying we spent too much money on it.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but doesn't this
> I suggested that maybe we are too arrogant to believe it can be done at all, ergo we should turn our planet saving efforts toward other means.
Mean "we shouldn't be spending our resources on fusion research, and focus those resources on other means to save the planet"? To me it sounds like a suggestion that we spend/spent too much money on fusion, and that we should spend them elsewhere.
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