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You can have what I would consider deep knowledge of a system without the ability to manufacture it or modify it. For instance, we have pretty deep knowledge of
by atty 4y ago
You can have what I would consider deep knowledge of a system without the ability to manufacture it or modify it. For instance, we have pretty deep knowledge of how the sun or other stars work, but we can’t even begin to dream about creating one, or controlling one.
In the same way, we know a lot of how biology works. Obviously nowhere near all of it; but we are far beyond just scratching the surface. It just turns out that modifying a working complex system is pretty hard.
- h2odragon 4y ago> ow the sun or other stars work, but we can’t even begin to dream about creating one Wolfram didn't answer "how much would a solar mass of hydrogen cost" for me, but it did tell me that the solar mass is 1.988435×10^33 grams, and another search found hydrogen prices [1] in the range of US$ 250 to 1350 per MT ... So just the financing on building another sun is going to be tricky. [1] I know it's not all hydrogen but we'll burn those bridges when we get to them.
- PebblesRox 4y agoGotta budget for some extra hydrogen to burn the bridges.
- burnished 4y agoOof, and you didn't even factor in extra-solar shipping costs. Thats most of the expense, really.