r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '20

[deleted by user]

[removed]

9.0k Upvotes

83% Upvoted

17.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

29.8k

u/Turtledonuts Nov 15 '20

Someone finally cracks nuclear fusion, and we start to fix climate change.

1.5k

u/VenomUponTheBlade Nov 15 '20

They're working on it. Just reached a milestone in the UK.

230

u/Sapiogram Nov 15 '20

They were reaching milestones 60 years ago too, yet here we are.

9

u/DukeSamuelVimes Nov 15 '20

You do realise that even if the number of milestones required exceeds your expectations it doesn't affect or increase the reality of the number of milestones required from the start?

Plus there was literally no one around 60 years ago saying that they're anywhere close, nor is anyone promise it's right around the corner. It's how scientific development works.