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I don't think tricking people into funding things they don't want is a good social contract.
by cblconfederate 5y ago
I don't think tricking people into funding things they don't want is a good social contract.
- Grakel 5y agoThey've already been tricked, and they donate every Sunday. They may as well also donate to what's really going on in the sky.
- yostrovs 5y agoIt's not, especially when you're funding things that are fascinating, but are inherently not useful. I love astronomy and physics, but much of it is now being spent on pure knowledge. The discovery of the Higgs boson hasn't improved any lives or led to new technology, but it did eat untold amounts of money that could have been spent on other things in science.
- drivebycomment 5y agoI recommend this book https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/3319155237?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/3319155237?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_... . It makes a clear case why trying to aim certain objective, when it comes to innovation, doesn't necessarily work and we still need "aimless wandering" and the pursuit of pure knowledge is a good guidance when it comes to that.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoIt is not a trick, just a matter of perspective. Finding an atheist universe beautiful is not in conflict with finding beauty in a universe which is created by a deity.