https://twitter.com/PPathole/status/1455231175320956928

  • Bluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    You stand on a pier and take a thimble of water out of the ocean, look at it and say, well, that's all there is to know about this place I guess

      • Bluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        There might be liquid water on Mars. There's evidence of liquid water having been there once. But really we don't know for sure, and that's the point. Theres so much we don't know. So much we don't know we don't know. So much we can learn.

        The idea that we should let justified disgust of rich libertarian techbros poison the well on the entire concept of space exploration is reactionary. There have been several socialist countries (or as close as we get currently) with ambitious space programs too, don't forget.

          • Bluegrass_Buddhist [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            That meme of Xi telling western radlibs they were right and he's going to start dismantling the Communist Party, except it's Zhang Kejian telling western neoluddites that he's gonna take apart the CNSA.