• BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      For real. What is up with Western media refering to a fusion reactor as an "artificial sun" when the Chinese do it?

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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        6 months ago

        It sounds cool as hell, which I don't think was the intention Western media had.

        • Edamamebean [she/her]
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          6 months ago

          It sounds extremely cool. Reminds me of how Liu Cixin describes the spaceships in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy.

      • jackmarxist [any]
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        6 months ago

        Doc Ock also called his reactor an artificial sun so I guess it's to invoke a negative emotion although it just makes it sound even cooler.

          • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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            6 months ago

            Yeah, got to make sure people don't start thinking a clean and powerful energy generation is a good thing. Especially when the State Department designated enemy is doing better than the US at developing it

      • EmoThugInMyPhase [he/him]
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        6 months ago

        It’s not just western media. Official chinese media call it an artificial sun too. I suppose for chinese people, it’s just a cool sensationalized headline, but for westerners it’s scary sci-fi mr. Burns shit