NFrameFred
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Scientists discover ‘magical’ material that’s stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum — and its potential is dizzying
I have said here before that technological advances that will allow electric vehicle technology to be successful if it ever is in its present form, the reduction of coal and oil uses that contribute to pollution, and advances in space travel, medicine . . . well, you get the idea . . . will not be because some pinhead passes a law and decrees it must be so, but because it has been made affordable, people actually want it, and the producers/manufacturers can make a profit providing it. The only role government should play aside from research for military applications is to clear roadblocks and get the heck out of the way, not putting up obstacle upon obstacle to satisfy the irrational fears of every Chicken Little that has learned to manipulate the system to impose their own views on the rest of us. Capitalism at its best, Socialism where its warranted – not either/or – not a slavish adherence to ideologies.
It has been my belief and observation such advances have always traditionally mostly come from our propensity as humans to try to dominate, subjugate, or destroy others (war, armed conflict) – it’s in our DNA. (But that can be overcome – another discussion). Military conflict spurs innovation as no other endeavor seems to; the base instincts of our species will never be totally overshadowed by our better, higher, more noble ones . . . yet we still do and should strive for that. Religious considerations or lack thereof driving the philosophical explanations for this will never be avoided. We choose what we believe.
But the above article gives a refreshed glimpse of what we’re capable of when we continue to take the toy apart and put it back together until “the light bulb comes on”.
[As a speculative aside for those who consider TV dreck like “Ancient Aliens” and such, if your mind entertains such fantasies one may wonder if the above new creation might have been reversed engineered from study of the UFO’s the government has supposedly been hiding from us at Area 51 and other such secret facilities for decades.
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I have said here before that technological advances that will allow electric vehicle technology to be successful if it ever is in its present form, the reduction of coal and oil uses that contribute to pollution, and advances in space travel, medicine . . . well, you get the idea . . . will not be because some pinhead passes a law and decrees it must be so, but because it has been made affordable, people actually want it, and the producers/manufacturers can make a profit providing it. The only role government should play aside from research for military applications is to clear roadblocks and get the heck out of the way, not putting up obstacle upon obstacle to satisfy the irrational fears of every Chicken Little that has learned to manipulate the system to impose their own views on the rest of us. Capitalism at its best, Socialism where its warranted – not either/or – not a slavish adherence to ideologies.
It has been my belief and observation such advances have always traditionally mostly come from our propensity as humans to try to dominate, subjugate, or destroy others (war, armed conflict) – it’s in our DNA. (But that can be overcome – another discussion). Military conflict spurs innovation as no other endeavor seems to; the base instincts of our species will never be totally overshadowed by our better, higher, more noble ones . . . yet we still do and should strive for that. Religious considerations or lack thereof driving the philosophical explanations for this will never be avoided. We choose what we believe.
But the above article gives a refreshed glimpse of what we’re capable of when we continue to take the toy apart and put it back together until “the light bulb comes on”.
[As a speculative aside for those who consider TV dreck like “Ancient Aliens” and such, if your mind entertains such fantasies one may wonder if the above new creation might have been reversed engineered from study of the UFO’s the government has supposedly been hiding from us at Area 51 and other such secret facilities for decades.
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The episode is titled Carbon Creek, and it is one of the top episodes of any of the Star Trek series, IMHO.
