Comment A poor workman ... (Score 1, Troll) 26
... it was responsible for some genuinely horrendous designs
That's like saying the hammer is responsible for a badly made table.
... it was responsible for some genuinely horrendous designs
That's like saying the hammer is responsible for a badly made table.
"The idea of math being culturally neutral because two-plus-two-equals-four reeks of white supremacist patriarchy,” Laurie Rubel.
There are all sorts of claims that she did not tweet precisely what I quoted, and it is in fact true that the way she phrases her tweet makes it hard to parse. But an honest review of the twitter thread will reveal that the quotation is substantially correct in spirit.
Maybe not all that advanced if they got blown up. But seriously, why not? If it's built in space, and intended to stay in space as large interstellar craft most likely would be, why not iron? Cheap, easy to find, easy to refine, strong enough to withstand vacuum of space and nominal space debris, blocks magnetic fields, etc.
Might not be intuitive, but it is the most abundant metal in the universe and might be "good enough" for cheap drones sent to the far reaches.
When Copernicus postulated that the Earth moved around the Sun, he had no more evidence than Ptolemy or Aristotle, but at least he had the virtue of parsimony. Loeb's explanations, on the other hand, keep requiring more and more assumptions.
2) The spheres were mostly iron and no nickel.
So - advanced interstellar spaceships are made of iron - like steam engines?
"It's the best thing since professional golfers on 'ludes." -- Rick Obidiah
