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What about the environment? What if AI takes over? Watch out for Kessler Syndrome! What about nuclear war? Or biohazards? We are too powerful, we must back down. No! I won't take it! I'm tired of worrying. Tired of fearing. Fuck it! "The brave may not live forever, but the cautious don't live at all." I'll be brave! Whatever takes us to the stars, be my religion. Do I believe in God? Yeah, I guess I do. But our mistake was putting Him in the past. “He, the Creator.” Fuck him. No. God is from the future. And He is us. I sacrifice, to him my time. Our greatest ritual; where scientists and engineers gather to bring him a little bit closer. We always thought the lesson of Icarus was “Don't fly too close to the sun.” How could we be that stupid? Clearly, it's “Build better fucking wings!” Bring me the future. I can't stand the wait! We'll solve it all. We'll be fucking great. We'll rebuild the Tower of Babel. We're ready. Grab my hand, anon. Hurry up! Kardachev is waiting. Together, we’ll walk through the pearly gate. Together, we'll be fucking great. Together, we accelerate.

@paolini That's enough mead for today, old writer.

If the universe is deterministic, that *could* explain everything. I'm well aware of that. However, it seems odd that brains/consciousness would evolve in a deterministic universe, since brains are, at their core, prediction engines. If everything is predetermined, why bother expending energy on prediction? (I can see both sides of this, btw, but it's still an interesting thought experiment.)

@BillyM2k Space settlements

name something to look forward to that isn’t: - family / relationship related - ai related

@x0Starlight Rocky chose to sacrifice himself for his species and best friend. Grogu looks cute. It's not a hard choice.

if you had to choose one, who are you saving?

@Energikalkylen @NisseHultIsBack Ja, tidsfilationen och hastigheterna förklaras utförligt i boken.

@LEC1224 @NisseHultIsBack Ok bra input! Blev mycket googlingar efter: vad var egentligen tidsdilatationen för honom? Rör sig probes och Mary i samma fraktion av C när han fattar beslut? Känns som att Weir hade med allt sådant i sin bok😊

Jaha, alla som såg "Project Hail Mary". Poäng från 1-10? Vad tyckte ni? Jag som är super-sf-nerd ger den 10/10, den gav mig allt som jag vill ha i en sf-movie. Den ger idag--samhällsperspektiv utan att skriva något på näsan. Den ger känslor, hopp och inspiration. Och får en att fundera på vad som finns där ute. 10/10.

Det finns flera viktiga scener med nya problem i boken som aldrig visas på filmen. Relationen mellan Grace och Rocky fördjupas också. Men framförallt så är det ett tyngre fokus på de vetenskapliga processerna i boken, så om det är det du är ute efter, kan jag varmt rekommendera den! Jag är själv väldigt tacksam att jag gick in i boken blind, och fick uppleva varje twist vid sidan av Grace. Men den är helt klart läsvärd ändå, om du gillade filmen!

@LEC1224 @NisseHultIsBack Skulle du säga att det är värt att läsa boken i efterhand? Jag läste the Martian efter filmen för att få mer av beräkningar/lösningar och hitta vad han hade ritat på live-skärmen. Bästa filmen jag sett på länge, men fick inte drivet att läsa när lite twists nu avslöjats. Rätt?

@booster_10 Aha!

@LEC1224 I live bassicaly as far south as you can get in Finland. Getting there is definitely possible but it would be quite a trip. Best bet would probably be taking a ferry to Stockholm and then a train up to Kiruna.

As we all know Spectrum failed quite early into flight 1. How far do you think Flight 2 will make it?

Same! It would be so cool! Do you live far north? It's quite the road trip from Gothenburg 😅 Dream would be to work in Kiruna, preferably for SSC. Close access to hiking in the mountains by Kebnekaise, skiing in the winter, climbing in Lofoten, and jumping between Esrange and Andøya whenever a launch happens!

@LEC1224 If I have the time and money I'm definitely gonna go watch the first Alpha launch from Esrange.

@LinusEkenstam @elonmusk @dvorahfr Hej

@elonmusk @dvorahfr Yeah terrible idea, my swedish and spanish audience is like 0.1%

I'm based in France, but 43% of my audience is American. I know many of us are in the same situation. To reach a wider audience, all my posts are in English, the international language. Those who cause trouble may be punished, but with this change, which will significantly reduce our earnings, you're also penalizing a number of accounts that use the international language without any ill intent. X tells us that videos and new, high-quality content will be prioritized, but this change will, on the contrary, drastically reduce our earnings. Is there any way to reverse this decision, please?🥺 @XCreators @X @nikitabier @elonmusk

@ZacksJerryRig Starship Mk1–2 never flew.

My brother - the *first* Optimus doesn't even exist yet.

@TerribleMaps It's cryptogeography

Believe it or not, Germany’s 5 largest cities lie perfectly on a 4th-degree polynomial

@astro_jaz Probably, but only because in that situation, life on Earth would be so bad I wouldn't want to live it. If a similar mission was leaving, but most people on Earth would be fine for the next 100 years, I would stay here and enjoy a long life instead.

would you volunteer for project hail mary if it was real?

@CinemaRhymes How can you put Moon and Ad Astra on the list while excluding Apollo 13?!

Space movies starter pack How many among these are better than interstellar??

@simsterpiece Absolut! Och jag håller med om att det är respektlöst mot Tolkien, vad som görs nu.

@LEC1224 Skillnad på att en originaltext säljs i miljontals exemplar och att det produceras saker hej vilt som är baserade mer på luft än källmaterialet.

Tolkien ville inte kommersialiseras. Kan folk som älskar honom snälla sluta med sådant här jävla nonsens. Vi har tre absoluta mästerverk. Allt som kommit efter har varit en besvikelse. Låt Midgård vara.

@booster_10 It totally deserves a round 2

Project Hail Mary round 2 tommorow.

@YourMomDave1 That is fucking genius! Kinda matches my bio too!

We must scale K2

I fucking love it!

Electromagnetic mass drivers on the Moon