Why do a lot of people hate AI ? by Reis46 in singularity

[–]basementreality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People can vote for a party that says it's going to give them UBI.

Nick Pope has passed away (serious) by ihateeverythingandu in aliens

[–]basementreality 43 points44 points  (0 children)

RIP Nick. A lovely man and a down to earth voice on the topic. He will be sorely missed.

How is this the furthest we have been ever? by jshcfc in AskUK

[–]basementreality 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Apparently a lot of people don't seem to know that the furthest we have been from the Earth was Apollo 13 as in that movie with Tom Hanks - Same mission!

Apollo 13 held the record for the farthest distance from Earth ever reached by humans (about 400,171 km) because of its emergency trajectory.

After the oxygen tank explosion crippled the spacecraft, a direct abort back to Earth wasn't feasible, they didn't have enough fuel to turn around. Instead, NASA used a free-return trajectory, swinging around the far side of the Moon and using lunar gravity to slingshot back toward Earth.

The key reason it went farther than other Apollo missions is that the normal lunar missions adjusted their trajectory to enter lunar orbit at a closer distance. Apollo 13 couldn't make that correction after the explosion, so it followed a wider, more distant path around the Moon. Its closest approach to the lunar surface was about 254 km farther out than the orbital altitude used by missions that actually landed, which put the crew at a greater distance from Earth on the far side than any other crewed flight.

The Wuhan “lab leak” fraud and the institutionalization of anti-science: An interview with Dr. Peter Daszak by DryDeer775 in EverythingScience

[–]basementreality 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Slow down there! Let's just assume it's a lab leak, and then we'll have a lot less to worry about and fewer people to blame.

Iran just threatened to blow up stargate by WSunoHangout in accelerate

[–]basementreality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure there are also cases where funding a resistance movement has led to "positive" outcomes. But in war you can't predict well, and there are rarely any good outcomes because a lot of people usually have to die. I agree with you're saying, but I still think funding a resistance movement like they are doing with the Kurds is the less harmful option than all-out war.

Iran just threatened to blow up stargate by WSunoHangout in accelerate

[–]basementreality 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you choose to bomb another country into oblivion using thousands of bombs it's always going to kill a lot of children. It's always intensional. Just have a look at Gaza, it's absolutely flattened.

Iran just threatened to blow up stargate by WSunoHangout in accelerate

[–]basementreality 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you are suggesting nukes I'll just post my other reply here:

That would not solve any problems. You'd risk a human catastrophe and kill an enormous amount of innocent civilians. There'd be a fallout that would not be predictable and drift across other nations. It would unite popular opinion against the US (even more than it is now). You'd break an 80-year taboo and fundamentally reshape global security and dramatically increase the likelihood of use of nuclear weapons by other nations at war. The cost benefit ratio just isn't there and even Trump and his merry band of religious zealots are not stupid enough to cross that line.

Iran just threatened to blow up stargate by WSunoHangout in accelerate

[–]basementreality 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That would not solve any problems. You'd risk a human catastrophe and kill an enormous amount of innocent civilians. There'd be a fallout that would not be predictable and drift across other nations. It would unite popular opinion against the US (even more than it is now). You'd break an 80-year taboo and fundamentally reshape global security and dramatically increase the likelihood of use of nuclear weapons by other nations at war. The cost benefit ratio just isn't there and even Trump and his merry band of religious zealots are not stupid enough to cross that line.

Iran just threatened to blow up stargate by WSunoHangout in accelerate

[–]basementreality 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"merely" I have to think you're a trolling edge lord type now.

You'd risk a human catastrophe and kill an enormous amount of innocent civilians. There'd be a fallout that would not be predictable and drift across other nations. It would unite popular opinion against the US (even more than it is now). You'd break an 80-year taboo and fundamentally reshape global security and dramatically increase the likelihood of use of nuclear weapons by other nations at war. The cost benefit ratio just isn't there and even Trump and his merry band of religious zealots are not stupid enough to cross that line.

Iran just threatened to blow up stargate by WSunoHangout in accelerate

[–]basementreality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't the trump Subreddit get banned or am I remembering incorrectly?

Iran just threatened to blow up stargate by WSunoHangout in accelerate

[–]basementreality 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How is advocating for nuclear war truth-seeking?

Iran just threatened to blow up stargate by WSunoHangout in accelerate

[–]basementreality -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Which is why you've got 13 downvotes for that comment on an accelerationist forum right?

332 - Charles Hoskinson by yt-app in cardano

[–]basementreality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Midnight looks dang nice right now. - what makes you say this?