30th September 2010, 11:52 PM
That's pretty much my reasoning, though I was thinking in terms other than imminent destruction.
I was thinking along the lines of the general idea that scientific and technological advancement are slowing and/or failing because we have not made manifest a lot of the classic WORLD OF THE FUTURE scenarios which have been talked about since our grandfathers were our ages. We don't have flying cars, they say. We don't have domed cities, they say. We don't have robot butlers, they say. And, people blame the scientists and technologists for failing to invent these things. They should blame the sensationalist media for making it seem as if these things were right around the corner when clearly they were not, and speaking of these things with only implied authority.
That same sensationalism is telling people that we found an earth clone orbiting Gliese. So, when we finally discover that it is not (as is most likely true), people will blame the astronomers for not keeping promises they never made.
I was thinking along the lines of the general idea that scientific and technological advancement are slowing and/or failing because we have not made manifest a lot of the classic WORLD OF THE FUTURE scenarios which have been talked about since our grandfathers were our ages. We don't have flying cars, they say. We don't have domed cities, they say. We don't have robot butlers, they say. And, people blame the scientists and technologists for failing to invent these things. They should blame the sensationalist media for making it seem as if these things were right around the corner when clearly they were not, and speaking of these things with only implied authority.
That same sensationalism is telling people that we found an earth clone orbiting Gliese. So, when we finally discover that it is not (as is most likely true), people will blame the astronomers for not keeping promises they never made.
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