▲ 55 ▼ Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real (www.scientificamerican.com) submitted 2 years ago by Renneder@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/becomeme@sh.itjust.works 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children) Except faster than light travel. That would be cool. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Depends on the kind of FTL. Star Trek where it takes hours to get across the universe? No thanks. Battlestar Galactica where you "jump"? Yes please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, is a few hours to travel hundreds of billions of light years too slow for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes! I can't just have a cut scene to get to the next destination. And I don't have a group of plucky ensigns to do holodeck adventures with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Depends on the kind of FTL. Star Trek where it takes hours to get across the universe? No thanks. Battlestar Galactica where you "jump"? Yes please. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, is a few hours to travel hundreds of billions of light years too slow for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes! I can't just have a cut scene to get to the next destination. And I don't have a group of plucky ensigns to do holodeck adventures with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, is a few hours to travel hundreds of billions of light years too slow for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes! I can't just have a cut scene to get to the next destination. And I don't have a group of plucky ensigns to do holodeck adventures with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Yes! I can't just have a cut scene to get to the next destination. And I don't have a group of plucky ensigns to do holodeck adventures with. permalink fedilink source parent