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What a stupid example of false equivalence. The opposite is true. The Apollo program led to huge technological advances that also led to advances in medicine.
Imagine if we actually tried to improve things without doing stupid space shit for nazi missile nerds and their vile menagerie of mass murderers ?
Doing “stupid space stuff” in no way prevents us from improving things. The NASA budget is not even a rounding error in the grand scheme of things. And getting rid of the nazi nerds is an entirely different conversation.
We spend on space research about 3% the money we spend on military. Is this really the priority?
Whatever happened to the “peace dividend” eh Space research is by and large still military research, ICBMs, spy satellites at least they didn’t make the kinetic tungsten rod weapon
The money spent on the Apollo program wasn’t all packed into a suitcase and taken to the moon, it was spent and reinjected into the economy. In particular, some of it went to the wages of some of the most highly-skilled, best-paying jobs that women and black people could get in the fifties and sixties, and that did a lot of good directly, before we even get onto indirect effects like inspiring generations of people to pursue a career in STEM subjects or developing technologies that would be used elsewhere.
I understand the side-benefits, but imagine if they worked on getting the actual benefits rather than an excuse to develop intercontinental nuclear weapon delivery systems under the guise of civilian space travel using public funds.
I don’t think I would call Buzz Aldrin “boring.”
I wouldn’t call him anything. He’s got a mean right hook
And that’s sober. The rest of him gets mean when he isn’t.
Neil was boring by most standards though. He was a boy scout with a death wish. Later on he got interesting by his hometown’s standards and painted his barn purple.
Watch out, he’s a fighter.
Funny joke but I dislike the “boring men” part. NASA was THE example of “women in STEM” at the time.
How many women have been to the moon though?
I wish we would fund both. And socialized medicine.
And end hunger and homelessness.
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We could. But think of the shareholders.
we would all be ‘shareholders’ of public services for public good.
You are a stock holder. Your entire pension is mainly in stocks, i can guarantee it.
What a corrupt system, they have made us complicit in our own exploitation, if we try to stop it, we will be the first on the chopping block, it is monstrous that our pensions have been stolen and turned against us, and of course, WILL DISAPPEAR when we actually go to collect so they can put us in meat packing hospices for a quick, wished-for death once we are no longer profitable
Not just that. I actually lied when i said that “your” pension is in stocks. It is in fact the current pension for that are retired right now. Unless there are as many younger people working and paying taxes to fund your retirement by the time you’re old enough, you’re not gonna have one.
Wish granted. Instead of giving 3% the annual military budget to nasa we give 4% now. The new research in physics helps everyone and advances our society.
But just like with every wish there was unexpected bad side and it’s that even tho shareholder profit didn’t increase in the short-term, in long-term they got better lives too due to trickle-up economics.
Allergy desensitization therapy was invented in 1911. It’s just that your insurance company doesn’t consider it a ‘necessary procedure’, so they don’t pay for it.
What kind of success rates does it have?
Well that would require us to be in a society that values scientific research and investing in the public interest.
Unfortunately we are living in an age of deception and greed.
Of course we should care for the vulnerable in our society. Of course.
But mayyyybeee if touching grass kills you, you’re supposed to die.
It’s a Louis CK bit for those who don’t know the reference: https://youtu.be/XLGzFQg_1xc
if touching grass kills you, you’re supposed to die
So like, inspire of the fact they need it, your saying 2/3rds of Lemmy needs to die?
That’s crazy. There’s no way 2/3 of Lemmy uses Emacs.
If you are so greedy you could be a billionaire, then you SHOULD have died already.
There should NOT be billionaires, it is a deep moral failing. Likewise, even governments officials and party leaders, should never be allowed to touch such powers.
They’re joking by referencing a bit: https://youtu.be/XLGzFQg_1xc
It’s not clear that they are so I can see the confusion.
I am pretty confident that mRNA vaccine research is going to lead to the cure for the common cold along with cancer, Parkinson’s, MS, etc.
We already have an effective AIDS vaccine now. We are getting really close to stopping a lot of human suffering. This is probably why the current administration is trying to pump the brakes.
Reeks of toxic desperation.
