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It's like rigging your house with explosives in case you get hit by a tornado.

• fogihujy 6y ago
  No it's like planning fallout shelters just in case the balance of terror doesn't hold, and we end up with world leaders pushing buttons that are best left untouched. It's just that actually building them could cause irreversible damage as well, but fortunately this is research and not an actual construction project. I agree that this is a radical move that could have disastrous consequences, but if humanity screws up the climate so bad that we have to resort to orbital mirrors/deflectors to prevent further damage, then it's better to have some of the basic science done in advance. Stuff planned in blind panic once we have screwed up could have even worse consequences. The downside is that we now may have an actual plan B and that people might not take plan A seriously anymore.
  • rriepe 6y ago
    A doomsday cult is planning a doomsday machine to get one up on the deniers. They want a mandatory tithe (carbon tax), they sell indulgences (carbon credits), they have a child prophet (Greta) and of course now they want even more to fund the doomsday machine. They think they're saving the world and there's no amount of upending society that bothers them. You're not worried enough about this. If you think religious people being religious is scary, wait until the non-religious people take a turn.
    • me_me_me 6y ago
      whatever you are on, I want some too. I could really take a edge off (or the whole side - judging by your comment).
      • rriepe 6y ago
        If you want the specific idea: There's no such thing as a non-religious person. The world completely opened up before my eyes when I realized this. The new religions are very plain when you realize everyone is still as religious as they've ever been.