Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 1 年前Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Realwww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down17cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.fooquarks@startrek.website
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minus-squareCosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前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.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 年前Oh, is a few hours to travel hundreds of billions of light years too slow for you?
minus-squareCosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前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.
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.
Oh, is a few hours to travel hundreds of billions of light years too slow for you?
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.