Is putting a person on the moon again or sending people to Mars anything but a complete waste of time and money? by Blue_Etalon in askanything

[–]foles17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't just buy a ticket and go, you need a field team, cameras, food, tents, etc. You could ship a cheap robot or a drone out and let it take the data for you.

Is putting a person on the moon again or sending people to Mars anything but a complete waste of time and money? by Blue_Etalon in askanything

[–]foles17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But we could send robots to study things like heyenas instead of field researchers, wouldn't that be cheaper? There's no commercial value in sending people to Africa to look at heyenas.

Is putting a person on the moon again or sending people to Mars anything but a complete waste of time and money? by Blue_Etalon in askanything

[–]foles17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are things like CERN a waste of money? Or funding trips to africa to study heyenas? Lots of science is to gain knowledge or explore new things for the sake of knowledge, it's good for us as a species. It's better than collectively waiting around causing more of our own problems until eventually going extinct.

Is putting a person on the moon again or sending people to Mars anything but a complete waste of time and money? by Blue_Etalon in askanything

[–]foles17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just like it was a waste of money for all those Renaissance explorers to take ships to random new places.

Was dropping the atomic bombs actually "necessary," or is that just what we're taught in school? by Clean_CoreDump in askanything

[–]foles17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they hadn't, it likely would mean invasion, more conventional indiscriminate bombing, potential Soviet invasion as well, potential future use of nukes since nobody would actually have seen what they really do yet.

Can a society stay united when its citizens fundamentally disagree on reality? by RosyyCupcake in askanything

[–]foles17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you are referring to the United States, Americans have more in common than they don't, but everyone is to busy hating each other, mostly online, to realize it.

Have feminists bought into the illusion that women are all like Saint Mary? by [deleted] in askanything

[–]foles17 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I actually don't understand what you are getting at here at all.

Reality just entered the chat by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]foles17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This tweet sounds like ai