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> Personally, I think it's some black-budget government project that somebody wasn't supposed to reveal. That's exactly what they want their adversaries to thi
by lowdose 6y ago
> Personally, I think it's some black-budget government project that somebody wasn't supposed to reveal.
That's exactly what they want their adversaries to think so adversaries are going invest a ridiculous amount of resources in achieving projected but non-existing capabilities.
Japan's FOMO reaction is proof this genius form of inception is working. The authority fallacy never fails at scale.
- krapp 6y agoIf our adversaries are that gullible and incapable of grasping even basic scientific principles, why should we be worried about them?
- lowdose 6y agoWell they wouldn't be the first nation state to invest an enormous amount of resources in trying to develop science fiction like capabilities. Excluding a range of possibilities with a reasonable amount of certainty is a very expensive exploration quest. After concluding it was all a wild goose chase it is still superior to nudge your adversaries in a direction that doesn't exclude this specific range of opportunities.
- krapp 6y agoI feel like the range of possibilities that appears to break the laws of physics entirely doesn't need resources to exclude, at least in the absence of harder evidence than some grainy video. If you're referring to Star Wars, at least that seemed physically possible.