ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

When I look at the inability to fund big science projects like this, I’m reminded of the most fictional thing to ever happen in a science fiction movie.

The film? Contact.

They build a giant portal machine thing.

Gets blowed up by terrorists.

But that’s okay, because they’ve got another one!

What?

Yep!

“Why build one when you can build two for twice the price?”

FALSE. SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF FAILURE. ABORT.

Zorque,

Wasn't the second one built by an eccentric billionaire or something? Like a Howard Hughes type.

jacksilver,

It was actually the us government that built a second one in secret, which actually sounds about right.

directive0,
@directive0@lemmy.world avatar

Close. The US controlled it but it was built by Japanese subcontractors who just happen to be…

…recently acquired… …wholly-owned subsidiaries… …of Hadden Industries.

Want to take a ride?

*I love that film despite all its flaws.

qwertyqwertyqwerty,

The fact they are suggesting 100km in circumference tells me that the size of this thing was not planned based on scientific research, but they wanted an easy, big number. That being said, go science! I’m all for additional research, provided they don’t explode our planet, as I would be mildly upset if they did that.

ThtCrzyBstrd,

Meh, we’d probably all die anyway, so then it’s no longer our problem.

PerogiBoi,
@PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca avatar

Science bad

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,

Science naughty ;-)

rockSlayer,

You bad!

rubpoll,
@rubpoll@hexbear.net avatar

As a Tales From the Loop TTRPG enjoyer, this rocks

bloubz,

The transmutation circle is massive this time. We can’t fail the French-Swiss genocide.

(Btw I’ve worked on the Atlas project on the LHC, projects are always delayed)

pigup,

This meme got Sabine hossenfelder bricked up

bmsok,

I’d quark off to that.

Shardikprime,

Bro how we gonna get those extra flavors

AOCapitulator,
@AOCapitulator@hexbear.net avatar

Mfw this pipe dream costs 22 billion and we just gave Israel 105 billion to keep genociding

shath,
@shath@hexbear.net avatar

fuck it just give it to em

JohnDClay,

See here from physicist Sabine Hossenfelder on the subject:

youtu.be/lu4mH3Hmw2o

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe they should do a Kickstarter.

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