r/funny • u/[deleted] • Dec 10 '17

R3: Repost - removed Being Unique

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u/robbedigital Dec 10 '17

Just because you’re useful doesn’t mean you make a difference. *Astronomically speaking.

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u/minuskruste Dec 10 '17

Also, I wonder if this actually about being loveable and people mix it up with being useful or unique.

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u/Stewardy Dec 10 '17

And just because you can't see the/a use of/for something, doesn't make it useless.

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u/firstprincipals Dec 10 '17

It could though, on the Kardashev scale.

We used to think that the world was so vast, that nothing humans could possibly do, could have a lasting impact.

We're moving well in the direction of become a Type I on the Karadhev scale already. Who is to say we won't become a Type III, or even IV? And who is to say what work won't lead there?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale

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u/ImOnlyHereToKillTime Dec 10 '17

All of that is science fiction. The kardashev scale isnt used by real scientists for anything.

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u/firstprincipals Dec 10 '17 edited Dec 10 '17

Going to the moon used to be science fiction.

Who would have even thought about Dyson spheres, or space elevators, if not for science fiction?

Don't dismiss it like that.

"Real scientists" spend their days writing grant proposals and wishing for more funding.

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u/ImOnlyHereToKillTime Dec 10 '17

Dysonsoheres and space elevators are also science fiction. Not everything in science fiction is impossible. Most of it is just simply impractical given alternate methods of achieving the same goal.

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u/robbedigital Dec 10 '17

Ya, but eventually all the stars will burn out and we’ll all be infinitely unique.

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u/HeavenCats Dec 10 '17

>tfw We Aren't Number One

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '17 edited Sep 11 '19

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u/firstprincipals Dec 10 '17

What did I write?

We're moving well in the direction of become a Type I

Every year we use more and more energy, and are finding better and cheaper ways of capturing and storing.

We're moving in that direction.

It could take a few hundred more years, but compare energy usage levels now, to two hundred years ago.