Futurist movement, Techno Science Optimists
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Nah. The real Peter Pan thinking us that we ever needed them in the first place. They're not masters, they're parasites. All of the progress, all of the production, happens despite them. We'd be better off without them.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
The real Peter Pan thinking is believing that if Cold Fusion were even possible that the people would ever benefit from it in the first place.
You can't have billions of people obeying their Masters if they don't need them anymore.
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How you do anything is how you do everything.
Wouldn't that be nice if it were true?
I'm on insulin to live for the rest of my life. If the system ever falls apart and we go to Mad Max world, I'm essentially dead after my stockpile runs out.
I suppose if they can infect everyone with auto-immune diseases that just make everyone who doesn't outright die dependent on them to survive then Cold Fusion is a thing that could happen. Why keep destroying the environment to power the cars and keep the houses warm if you can subjugate everyone by less environmentally impactful means?
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How you do anything is how you do everything.
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SIX, they control things but they don't MAKE things. Imagine an insulin-making factory ... all the vats, all the filters, reactors, all of the workers, all of the supplies, all of the refrigerators and trucks and packaging are there. The only things missing are stockholders and creditors.
Should their absence cause production to stop? Insulin could still be made.
Now imagine that on a society-wide scale.
Just bc they've managed to position themselves on the carotid of the economy doesn't mean they're necessary for a system. Things would work fine.... even better... without them.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Loving America is like loving an addicted spouse - SIGNYM
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
SIX, they control things but they don't MAKE things. Imagine an insulin-making factory ... all the vats, all the filters, reactors, all of the workers, all of the supplies, all of the refrigerators and trucks and packaging are there. The only things missing are stockholders and creditors.
Should their absence cause production to stop? Insulin could still be made.
Now imagine that on a society-wide scale.
Just bc they've managed to position themselves on the carotid of the economy doesn't mean they're necessary for a system. Things would work fine.... even better... without them.
Okay. But we'll never be able to test that theory.
There's a reason why they're feminizing men and taking away everyone's gun rights around the world.
They've got all the power and resources. What's worse, is that they've figured out a way to take just a little bit more just a little bit at a time so the creep is so slow that nobody even realizes that they're just slaves to the system.
There will be no revolution. Not when there's Netflix to binge on.
I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiener.
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The Light Bulb Conspiracy or 'Greed' creating a Pyramid of Waste is a whole other Rabbit-Hole to go down
but staying with the topic
The push for nuclear energy in Australia is driven by delay and denial, not evidence
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/21/nuclear-energy-a
ustralia-smokescreen-climate-denialism-coalition
wind &
solar &
nuclear &
hydro &
geothermal
https://twitter.com/isabelleboemeke/status/1703522528373678261
Fossil generation falls to a new low in Germany in August!
But also low-carbon energy falls to a decadal low!
https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1698000515462807812
Conclusion: deindustrialization is the decarbonization method of choice for Germany. It's going to be a brutal decade.
How do you move a 660 tonne containment bottom for a reactor into position? Here’s a lesson from Chinese engineers building Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant.
https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1701095472725696764
Credit: China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
Why is China trying to build an artificial sun?
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinas-build-artificial-
sun
Can nuclear fusion generate electricity in the future? It's possible
https://www.shine.cn/biz/economy/2309206737/
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A breakthrough discovery could accelerate the arrival of controlled fusion energy on Earth
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-breakthrough-discovery-fusion-energy-ear
th.html
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How nuclear fusion rockets could launch a new era of super-fast space travel
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/nuclear-fusion-rocket-pulsar-launch
-b2406672.html
Bad Future?
'What Would Happen if Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupted?'
https://curiousmatrix.com/what-would-happen-if-yellowstone-erupted/
JWST Discovers Starless, Planet-Like Objects Mysteriously Lurking in Orion
https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-discovers-starless-planet-like-objec
ts-mysteriously-lurking-in-orion
These Bacteria Eat Plastic Waste—and Then Transform It Into Useful Products
https://singularityhub.com/2023/09/29/these-bacteria-eat-plastic-waste
-and-then-transform-it-into-useful-products/
The first time I heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, I thought it was a bad joke.
My incredulity soon turned to horror when I realized it’s real. The garbage patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, is a massive collection of debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Although made up of all sorts of human-generated waste, the main components are tiny pieces of microplastic.
From straws to trash bags, we use an astonishing amount of plastic—which often ends up in delicate ocean (and other) ecosystems. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization for protecting endangered species based in Arizona, at current rates plastic is set to outweigh all fish in the ocean by 2050.
A new study wants to turn the tide with synthetic biology. By engineering genetic circuits into a bacterial “consortium,” the team reprogrammed two strains to not only destroy polluting plastics—but to also transform the toxic waste into useful biodegradable material. Environmentally friendly and versatile, these upcycled plastics can be used to manufacture foams, adhesives, or even nylon—all without further taxing the environment.
The strategy isn’t just limited to the polyethylene terephthalate (PET)—one of the most common types of plastics—tested in the study, said the authors. “The underlying concept and strategies are potentially applicable…to other types of plastics” and could begin lighting the way toward “a sustainable bioeconomy.”
A Natural Plastic Predator
Plastic helped build modern society. Made of molecular chains called polymers, it’s malleable, versatile, and economical to produce in mass. It’s also notoriously difficult to break down.
To Dr. James Collins at MIT, synthetic biology can help us avoid turning the planet into a plastic wasteland. Pioneers in the engineering of synthetic gene circuits, study authors Collins and bioengineer Dr. Ting Lu at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reasoned that genetically engineered bacteria could tackle the plastic conundrum head-on.
Although toxic to most organisms, plastic is an energy source to certain types of bacteria and fungi. Found in soil, the ocean, and even the guts of animals, these bacteria use specialized enzymes to break down different types of plastic. Enzymes are proteins that trigger or speed up biological processes—helping us digest a hefty meal, for example, or converting food into energy.
Unfortunately, these natural strains are sensitive to temperature and acidity and can often only digest plastic that’s already damaged by UV light or chemicals. Even strains that can break down PET plastics require weeks or months to do so, and can only handle small volumes.
Zebrafish avatars can help tailor glioblastoma therapies
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-zebrafish-avatars-tailor-gliobl
astoma-therapies.html
The Future of Nano-enhanced EV Batteries
https://www.eetimes.com/the-future-of-nano-enhanced-ev-batteries/
New observations have revealed the darkest portion of the network of filaments that spans the cosmos
https://www.iflscience.com/cosmic-web-seen-directly-for-first-time-wit
hout-needing-the-light-of-quasars-70920
Adding spider DNA to silkworms creates silk stronger than Kevlar
https://www.freethink.com/hard-tech/spider-dna-silkworms-kevlar
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AI talkers
and Anyone notice an expansion of islamics and jihad prayer ritual to Space?
Beware of false prophets
“While AI is nowhere near its full potential, the same is true of humans too,” highlighted renowned author and historian Prof. Yuval Noah Harari at the IAC Opening Ceremony, underscoring the continuous opportunities for the advancement and development of humankind.
https://twitter.com/Iac2023/status/1708788639331746246
1909: Aeroplane only a fad
https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc/status/1709729354811379933
'I used to admire Yuval, but he’s increasingly positioning himself as chief spokesperson for the neo-Malthusians. He’s as dangerous as he is wrong'
https://twitter.com/qprid/status/1709506339070673292
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25 Year Low Funding for Science
https://twitter.com/JimPethokoukis/status/1710702146193166639
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Thorium: The "87-Octane" of Nuclear Fission Fuels
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/thorium-the-87-octane-of-nuclear-fi
ssion-fuels-210221.html
All countries have benefited from the technological advances that occur in free market countries.
The airplane, an American invention, flies life-saving medicines into the deepest Congo.
https://twitter.com/HumanProgress/status/1711788929622409405
What happened to the “race to the bottom”, the most popular anti-globalization theory around 2000? Stiglitz et al warned we’d see more poverty, child labor and pollution as countries lowered standards to attract global capital. Well, every prediction turned out to be false
https://twitter.com/johanknorberg/status/1711733216531374278
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Can German engineering solve the challenges of fusion?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66926972
Several German companies already engineer individual components for fusion research, such as the optics used in laser experiments
China launches ‘Kuafu’ nuclear fusion research facility, named after mythical giant, in quest to build ‘artificial sun’
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3234968/china-launches
-kuafu-nuclear-fusion-research-facility-named-after-mythical-giant-quest-build
Thorium Reactors: A Safer and Sustainable Nuclear Future
https://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=1749
Aussies pitch 40-MW thorium-fueled nuclear plant
https://business.inquirer.net/425679/aussies-pitch-40-mw-thorium-fuele
d-nuclear-plant
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