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I am not blaming the "state of the world" I am saying it's pure waste to spend money on researching fantasy projects. Military spending is a strawman whatabout

I am not blaming the "state of the world" I am saying it's pure waste to spend money on researching fantasy projects. Military spending is a strawman whataboutism. It's not about "cuts" it's about sanity. There are no aliens, no proof of aliens, nothing. These programs should not have been started in the first place. If these peoples lives are so devoid of meaning that they have to spend their lives researching fantasies, they should fund in themselves instead of taking tax payer money for it.

tudorw 7y ago
I think military spending is a fair comparison topic even if not directly addressing your point, it's often argued that it's military/space progress that trickles down into improvements for 'the rest of us', though I have my doubts about that nonetheless it provides an incentive beyond the obvious subject being addressed. I take issue with 'fantasy projects', that's what science is, to distill fact from fantasy, it the fantasy in the first instance that inspires the research that provides the answer, if you're essentially saying that we have gathered enough contrary evidence and should now abandon the search and focus on home, well, I can certainly see that perspective and have felt that way at times, but to argue that because we don't know something, we should not waste money finding out the details, well, I think the Wright brothers efforts would have been dismissed as fantasy at the time, glad it did not dissuade them.
- RobertRoberts 7y ago
  >...that's what science is, to distill fact from fantasy... There is no science being done on vampires, werewolves, dragons and all sorts of other fantasies. Aliens are more fantasy than these. >...the Wright brothers... Birds, bugs, even leaves were flying all around them. It was not fantasy in the least. Flying was purely a technical problem. Aliens do not exist. Spending real money in the pursuit of pretend and non-existent things is pure waste.

tudorw 7y ago

I think military spending is a fair comparison topic even if not directly addressing your point, it's often argued that it's military/space progress that trickles down into improvements for 'the rest of us', though I have my doubts about that nonetheless it provides an incentive beyond the obvious subject being addressed. I take issue with 'fantasy projects', that's what science is, to distill fact from fantasy, it the fantasy in the first instance that inspires the research that provides the answer, if you're essentially saying that we have gathered enough contrary evidence and should now abandon the search and focus on home, well, I can certainly see that perspective and have felt that way at times, but to argue that because we don't know something, we should not waste money finding out the details, well, I think the Wright brothers efforts would have been dismissed as fantasy at the time, glad it did not dissuade them.

RobertRoberts 7y ago
>...that's what science is, to distill fact from fantasy... There is no science being done on vampires, werewolves, dragons and all sorts of other fantasies. Aliens are more fantasy than these. >...the Wright brothers... Birds, bugs, even leaves were flying all around them. It was not fantasy in the least. Flying was purely a technical problem. Aliens do not exist. Spending real money in the pursuit of pretend and non-existent things is pure waste.