I have an idea for a new thread...

[stefmeister]

It's an image from 55 million light years away (the equivalent of photographing an orange on the face of the moon), of something that by definition cannot be seen....

Yes, i know that. It was a joke.

[fanievb]

meanwhile, back here on earth people are dying of hunger, disasters etc.


but NOOOOOO


lets spend billions on taking photos of a thing that won't help anyone with anything

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

meanwhile, back here on earth people are dying of hunger, disasters etc.

 

 

but NOOOOOO

 

 

lets spend billions on taking photos of a thing that won't help anyone with anything

why must everything be so binary? We can, and do, do both. And yes, it will help. Scientific models can now be confirmed or thrown out, or more data on gravitational constants and space / time etc etc. 

 

Lenses / sensors being used to catch this data can be used in myriad other areas in the future, and people can now have a more thorough understanding of what things like this look like instead of watching Interstellar and thinking oooooh, pretty

Edited April 11, 2019 by Captain Fatbastard Mayhem

[Shebeen]

I just had a good laugh at this. Thanks Hairy.

and some dubious MZanzi representation too!

 

this guy trying to drink the beer with the compactor.

 

https://youtu.be/WdhQ5mM_Giw?t=455

too funny

[Hairy]

[forkie]

why must everything be so binary? We can, and do, do both. 

exactly. as a nation and a people we need to get a way from " iether / or " and move towards "and / and"

Edited April 11, 2019 by forkie

[Shebeen]

meanwhile, back here on earth people are dying of hunger, disasters etc.

 

 

but NOOOOOO

 

 

lets spend billions on taking photos of a thing that won't help anyone with anything

 

EXACTLY!

 

Why are these so called smart people sciencing? Because sciencing will never help us with world hunger and disasters.

 

They should take their Ph.Ds, research grants and fancy algorithms and rather do something useful, like grow mielies!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

exactly. as a nation and a people we need to get a way from " iether / or " and move towards "and"

As a world, unfortunately. Too many people don't know how to compartmentalise things or concentrate on multiple "causes" 

[Piston ZA]

meanwhile, back here on earth people are dying of hunger, disasters etc.

 

 

but NOOOOOO

 

 

lets spend billions on taking photos of a thing that won't help anyone with anything

I really hope you are joking, like Stefmeister was above

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

EXACTLY!

 

Why are these so called smart people sciencing? Because sciencing will never help us with world hunger and disasters.

 

They should take their Ph.Ds, research grants and fancy algorithms and rather do something useful, like grow mielies!

LOL. Exactly. 

 

Hello, Yellow Rice. Hello GMO. Hello disease resistant crops that anti-GMO zealots are refusing to learn how they work and saying they're baaaad for everything. 

[fanievb]

I really hope you are joking, like Stefmeister was above

 

[forkie]

LOL. Exactly. 

 

Hello, Yellow Rice. Hello GMO. Hello disease resistant crops that anti-GMO zealots are refusing to learn how they work and saying they're baaaad for everything. 

or more to the point at hand: hello understanding gravity and the cosmos so that we will be able to save ourselves from a massive astroid one day in the future

[RocknRolla]

We have had a visible photograph-able black hole for a government for the last couple of decades...also sucks in matters around, never to be seen again...

[Piston ZA]

Yes, i know that. It was a joke.

Sorry, wasn't sure if you were. I've been reading way to many ignorant and downright stupid comments on some of the Facebook feeds to this.

[fanievb]

We have had a visible photograph-able black hole for a government for the last couple of decades...also sucks in matters around, never to be seen again...

 

[stefmeister]

meanwhile, back here on earth people are dying of hunger, disasters etc.

 

 

but NOOOOOO

 

 

lets spend billions on taking photos of a thing that won't help anyone with anything

Urgh. Seriously? You’re joking right?

 

You do know that these “scientists” that are spending billions, were also responsible for developing the www (the platform you’re using right now to bitch about them) while working on the CERN LHC. The thing that practically revolutionized the last 20-30 years. And that was just a “by-product” of a project far bigger that the world wide web.