• Philo
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    -4410 months ago

    You never know is the crack in the armor that allows snake oil salesmen and other charlatans in.

    • @[email protected]
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      2810 months ago

      Combined with actual progress and scientific methods “you never know” is how you fly helicopters on other planets too.

    • @AbidanYre
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      1510 months ago

      You’re calling the US National Ignition Facility at LLNI snake oil salesmen?

    • Lemminary
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      1210 months ago

      I’m all for skepticism but, like, how are you gonna hoodwink someone into nuclear fusion power? Can that even happen?

    • @KazuyaDarklight
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      510 months ago

      Reminds me of the Librarian in W40K, “An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.”