• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    Uh, it’s called “reality” my friend, try it.

    You can’t “invent” your way out of fundamental physical limits.

    A Boeing 747 looks the same in 1969 as it does today. It still flies over the Atlantic in six hours burning kerosene in turbofan engines.

    Sure, you can get a few percent here, a few percent there, but do you think suddenly we’ll have warp drive?

    Come on. Do you know how empty and huge space is?

    • BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip
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      9 hours ago

      Nope, you’re right. We know everything there is to ever know and nothing will ever change. We’ve peaked as a species, there is literally nowhere else to go from here.

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        8 hours ago

        Oh OK, the only logical counterpoint is we’re going to space.

        Wheeee!!! Dibs on Neptune!