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1. User A submits link to HN explaining the intrinsic properties of gold that are useful for space program at NASA. 2. User B lists a number of additional are
by dfc 13y ago
1. User A submits link to HN explaining the intrinsic properties of gold that are useful for space program at NASA.
2. User B lists a number of additional areas in science and technology that rely on the intrinsic properties of gold and bemoans financial system reliance on gold. Somewhat off topic and interesting discussion of fiat currencies ensues.
3. User C comments that gold is intrinsically worthless.
Great example of why I find HN so interesting and infuriating.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoThe value of gold in any of those technologies is only worth as much as the alternatives that accomplish the same effects. Gold as a concurrency is completely detached from gold as a useful commodity.
- dfc 13y ago> The value of gold in any of those technologies is only worth as much as the alternatives that accomplish the same effects. This is true for all materials and services. > Gold as a concurrency is completely detached from gold as a useful commodity. Is that your way of saying "I should not have said gold was intrinsically worthless"?
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoSure, gold is not worth much as a commodity to be mined from an asteroid.