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minus-squarePhilo@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down45·8 months agoYou never know is the crack in the armor that allows snake oil salesmen and other charlatans in.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·8 months agoCombined with actual progress and scientific methods “you never know” is how you fly helicopters on other planets too.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 months agoYou’re calling the US National Ignition Facility at LLNI snake oil salesmen?
minus-squarePhilo@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down28·8 months agoExplain exactly how I did that.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoI’m all for skepticism but, like, how are you gonna hoodwink someone into nuclear fusion power? Can that even happen?
minus-squareKazuyaDarklight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoReminds me of the Librarian in W40K, “An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.”
You never know is the crack in the armor that allows snake oil salesmen and other charlatans in.
Combined with actual progress and scientific methods “you never know” is how you fly helicopters on other planets too.
You’re calling the US National Ignition Facility at LLNI snake oil salesmen?
Explain exactly how I did that.
Bro 😭
I’m all for skepticism but, like, how are you gonna hoodwink someone into nuclear fusion power? Can that even happen?
Reminds me of the Librarian in W40K, “An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.”