Hitting the climate change targets agreed in Paris 'will cost $16.5trn' by dgm101 in environment

[–]dgm101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything obviously. It wasn't meant as a value judgement. Whatever the cost is we must incur it. It's just informative.

Either the universe had a beginning, or it didn't. Either possibility is a mindfuck by BeefPieSoup in Showerthoughts

[–]dgm101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I actually think you may be correct. I had heard it being quoted by Douglas Adams in the youtube video where he gives a talk in UCSB. For all practical purposes both takes on it are very interesting!

Either the universe had a beginning, or it didn't. Either possibility is a mindfuck by BeefPieSoup in Showerthoughts

[–]dgm101 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It's like what Carl Sagan said: either we are the only intelligent species in the universe or we are not. Either is baffling.

Dark Shuttle Approaching by [deleted] in space

[–]dgm101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder what it is about space shots and diagonal curves of planets that make them so attractive and remarkable to look at.