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Probably still do in some places. India is a fascinating place.I don't know if they still do it, but they used live in huts made from dried cow poo.
Probably still do in some places. India is a fascinating place.I don't know if they still do it, but they used live in huts made from dried cow poo.
Quite. It's why I had my own private rage out when Elon pledged to donate $6 billion if the UN could prove it could end world hunger and half the internet fell over themselves to wank over how much of a selfless philanthropist he was.Fuck billionaires! (please watch until at least 3:30)
Musk has a legitimate business behind his and not just about putting rich people in zero gravity for a few moments. I'm sure SpaceX made a tidy profit out of NASA.NASA just returned a crew in one of space-x's capsules after 200 days in space. I think billionaires putting money into space travel and colonisation is a good use of their resources, measuring contest or not. It democratises future space travel and has furthered advances in this field faster than governments have in the prior 30 years.
I remember thniking electric cars were a stupid idea, and 20 years ago, the technology of the time supported that view.
Imagine we discover some new physics concepts that allow us to explore light years away but no one has proven the capability to colonise another harsher planet. We'd be 50 years behind at that point.
Have you seen Todd Sampson's body hack where the spiritual dude eats the corpses for spiritual energy from the dead?Probably still do in some places. India is a fascinating place.
Its not. Bezos is a tool, but i believe Musk is genuine.Yup. It's another dick measuring excercise, be the first human to "colonise" another planet.
SpaceX doesnt really make money - he charges for services to plow back into development. Its the same at Tesla, not really a conventional business model - they make money to spend money. The goal is not profit, its getting things moving faster.Yeah SpaceX are generally improving the space industry and of course business needs to make a profit, but I think democratising space travel is a bit of a stretch.
Most of us on this forum are in the world's top 10% of wealth, but how many of us would genuinely have $450k to spare? Let's say the price goes to a quarter. I still doubt any of the normal "rich" (as in top 10% of the world) people here have $100k to blow on a ten minute thrill ride. If most of the 10% of the richest people in the world can't ever afford it, it's nowhere near democratised.
Sure something could be possible technology wise, aliens could exist, but hanging any hope on these things impacting our ability to survive as a species in the face of climate change is not something I'm going to bother thinking about when my energy is better used trying to change things.
'Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.' - Arthur C. ClarkeAlso aliens. I keep banging on about it, and there has been heaps of openess about the subject in media and from governments over the last few years. If it's some sort of program of disclosure, my money would be on confirming the existence of Aliens in our lifetime and with that possible advances inconcievable to us today.
The chances of us being the only "intelligent" species to arise is zero. The chances of them being sufficiently close in time and space to have contact with them is pretty close to zero...'Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.' - Arthur C. Clarke
This x1000. The "we'll meet aliens" wishful thinkers have not got their head around how large the universe is (as you say, in both space and time). The chances of intelligent life existing elsewhere is very good, but the chances of it occuring within reach at the same time are infinitesimal.The chances of us being the only "intelligent" species to arise is zero. The chances of them being sufficiently close in time and space to have contact with them is pretty close to zero...
Given the scale of time and space, we are a tiny very brief flash in the pan - it would be a miracle if another flash happened at the same time and region as us.
Dad joke of the day mateIf air travel is an evil CO2 emitter, space travel must be just "out of this world".
Elon's Starlink is a genuinely useful step forward. The rest of it is a bit of a wank and Bezos and Branson are just taking the piss with their "space" efforts. Most of the money spent on space could be better spent on improving peoples' lives and the planet.
If air travel is an evil CO2 emitter, space travel must be just "out of this world".
Somewhat on the higher purpose, and the way PayPal played out was absolute genius.He isnt perfect, but he is a lot smarter than all of us combined and does actually have a "higher purpose" (for want of a less wanky term....) in mind.
Yeah, ebay screwed that idea up royally. The funny thing is theyd have made more money off it if they'd kept to the original concept instead of being greedy corporate tools...Somewhat on the higher purpose, and the way PayPal played out was absolute genius.
Down the corridor past the sitting room, left at the library and fifth door on the right.Where is this swimming pool?
this is my feeling too. theyve both give us things that improve our lives, and are working on stuff that will further advance our species. Cant say thats a bad thing, regardless of you feel about the individuals.Its not. Bezos is a tool, but i believe Musk is genuine.
you need a bit more long term thinking. The car was not something the general population could afford at the time it was first developed. Give it time.Yeah SpaceX are generally improving the space industry and of course business needs to make a profit, but I think democratising space travel is a bit of a stretch.
That depends. If the shit thats happening in the skys, which is increasingly being confirmed as real by the likes of the pentagon et al, is actually extra terrestrial, then everything about these statements becomes untrue.This x1000. The "we'll meet aliens" wishful thinkers have not got their head around how large the universe is (as you say, in both space and time). The chances of intelligent life existing elsewhere is very good, but the chances of it occuring within reach at the same time are infinitesimal.