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There are no Dyson spheres or nuclear powered spaceships, but there are a hell of a lot of climate deniers. If we’re weighing what part of his legacy, the part
by kthxbye123 6y ago
There are no Dyson spheres or nuclear powered spaceships, but there are a hell of a lot of climate deniers. If we’re weighing what part of his legacy, the part that had a negative effect on a very real crisis of human suffering is going to weigh heavier than some cool thought experiments that only showed up in scifi
- wbronitsky 6y agoI would argue that it is inaccurate to summarize Freeman Dyson’s work as “some cool thought experiments that only showed up in scifi” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson
- ultramundane8 6y agoI don't know a lot about Freeman Dyson so I read that article, but don't quite get it yet. So he was a very outspoken mathematician and physicist, and people like his sci-fi ideas? Regardless, blaming all critique on a "current moment" is utterly nonsensical. Edit: op said "current moment," I incorrectly recalled it as "cultural moment."