Sure, but space habitats are far far more useful than underwater ones

There is definitively no shortage of challenges in orbit

With VR an important aspect you’re not mentioning is the 3D movement you are now able to do, inhabiting the played character in a more true to form way

Hell yea

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Your thirst is mine, my water is yours

I also want to clarify, we can create asymmetrical encryption algorithms that are quantum resistant but not quantum themselves

Quantum encryption probably won’t be in mass use anytime soon, but for extra sensitive applications

I’ve seen a lot of articles that were like “scientists do this!!” And never link to the actual study (not including this article)

What happened to citing your sources?

Gotta have better sleepovers then. Ones where vibrators are welcomed, not shamed

Or the French revolution, for that matter

I’m just really tired of telling people about the obvious, and every time history keeps repeating

I don’t believe it’s just convenience, it’s as you said, people don’t care about the long term. In anything.

A big corporate platform (or whatever else, like, say, oil companies vs climate protesters) will always have more resources, whether it’s for development or marketing, so people will always have to be a bit willing to not have full convenience for a better world

If we don’t think about the long term, what are we even thinking of instead?

Okay then, hope people won’t complain when things go to shit again

Just forever on march towards the inevitable due to convenience

Some people just have unusual features

Because knowledge is a preventative measure to being manipulated

People also say that knowing that historical events happened don’t benefit them, would you agree with that too? These things are a lot more nuanced than just what direct benefit they give you. Knowing the basics of how our world works, including how nature works, is useful.

You have no idea how many times I had to explain evolution to people because it was relevant to the conversation and where they were tricked by some weird bullshit. Gaps in knowledge are exploitable, but not only that, the more you know, the higher your capability of connecting concepts together in a sound manner is

Knowing how evolution works has been generally useful in my life, and I am very happy I know how it roughly works, and the field I’m in is nowhere near biology or chemistry or nature

Then again, discord is not outright fascist. Yes it’s a shitty company, but shitty companies are the standard

Twitter though? I feel as if a lot more people could go “if you want to ever talk with me again, go here” and people would follow. It’s a bit harder to argue for staying on twitter when all of this shit is going on

Then again, a lot of my friends are still on twitter despite me telling how fucking dangerous that site is now, so eh. I don’t really get it, though. Then again, I have little sympathy for people who complain that something is too complex just because it doesn’t do literally everything for you. A lot of people are just addicted to convenience, despite it harming them in the long run

The pythagorean theorem or the theory of evolution is not “super niche knowledge”… Do you understand how foundational the pythagorean theorem is? Or how important knowing the theory of evolution is to understand how nature works?

And the periodic table of elements is literally the building blocks of our reality. Sure, less critical knowledge then the other two, but still vital in my opinion

I mean, how much scaremongering about “chemicals” and stuff could be resolved if people just knew the very basics of chemistry?

These things very much tie into being a rational citizen of the world that actually knows how the world works and doesn’t live in fantasyland. This is literally just stuff to ensure that we share a common fundamental view of reality

You know, I think it’s interesting how this used to be considered the nutjob’s territory just a bit over 10 years ago. And now, at least for the USA, this might be the thing that keeps you out of jail.

It’s kinda frightening

Not a universal rule, however. Theres the whole concept of “optimizing yourself out of the fun” and what not in video games. Or the hardships being part of what makes a game fulfilling. It depends on what your goal is

What about the publisher take two tho

https://discord.gg/aCwHR7HJ4W

Pretty much