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minus-squarePhilo@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down45·2 years agoYou never know is the crack in the armor that allows snake oil salesmen and other charlatans in.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·2 years agoCombined with actual progress and scientific methods “you never know” is how you fly helicopters on other planets too.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoYou’re calling the US National Ignition Facility at LLNI snake oil salesmen?
minus-squarePhilo@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down28·2 years agoExplain exactly how I did that.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoI’m all for skepticism but, like, how are you gonna hoodwink someone into nuclear fusion power? Can that even happen?
minus-squareKazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoReminds me of the Librarian in W40K, “An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.”
You never know is the crack in the armor that allows snake oil salesmen and other charlatans in.
Combined with actual progress and scientific methods “you never know” is how you fly helicopters on other planets too.
You’re calling the US National Ignition Facility at LLNI snake oil salesmen?
Explain exactly how I did that.
Bro 😭
I’m all for skepticism but, like, how are you gonna hoodwink someone into nuclear fusion power? Can that even happen?
Reminds me of the Librarian in W40K, “An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.”