Here they could have the key to warping space/time, and the first use is to putter along in orbit cheaply.
You know someone is a small scale thinker, when they miss the bus, and wish they had a Star Trek transporter device, so they could beam themselves to the next bus stop.
I don't remember the author, but I read a short story long ago about a man who invented time travel and only used it once a week to go back several decades and buy pork chops because they were really cheap.
Funnily enough, Darwin followed the scientific process when he went to the Galapagos and attempted to DISPROVE his own theory. What he found there REINFORCED IT. THAT is how science of discovery is done!
Well, since evolution is wrong, and Darwin couldn't disprove it, that proves that he was a bad scientist, which proves that his theory of evolution is wrong. QED.
if the USA officially endorsed the philosophy that "might makes right" your ideas would have some standing. But we do not.
Have you seen our national seal? An eagle with arrows and olive branches. We dictate the terms of peace because we have the weapons to do so.
a deeply entrenched belief that the fighting spirit of the Japanese soldier would allow him to overcome any hardship, any adversary.
Similar to the belief in the South ca. 1861 that the Confederate forces would win because they were gentlemen.
Bernie Sanders the man that brought on the housing crisis with his misguided anti redlining legislation ? Pro Tip here, if you can't afford a loan you can't afford a loan.
Yes, the elderly Senator from a small state with no party to back him up literally took control of our entire economy and wrecked it single-handed while Wall Street executives and billionaires stood helplessly by wringing their hands.
parked the car and got on a plane.
You just came up with the next big idea.
The woman apparently has said that she will not be demanding any support or anything more from the father.
Except that her agreeing to this now means nothing if circumstances change. If she falls on hard times in the future, the state may then go after the father for child support no matter what the couple agreed to previously.
He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. -- Bion