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This article brings to mind the plot point [SPOILER ALERT] in "The Three-Body Problem" where the antagonistic and technologically superior aliens halt the progr
by datadata 4y ago
This article brings to mind the plot point [SPOILER ALERT] in "The Three-Body Problem" where the antagonistic and technologically superior aliens halt the progress of our entire civilization merely with nanotechnology that impedes science at our particle accelerators, thus preventing breakthroughs in physics.
- trasz 4y agoIt's a rather... alien way of doing something that can be achieved much easier, by "convincing" the leaders to spend that money on weapons instead.
- narrator 4y agoThat, or it's worth spending $100 billion on meaningless make work for smart people so we don't invent what comes after nuclear weapons.