Don't get me wrong I appreciate modern science. I am fully aware without the efforts of great scientific minds we wouldn't have things like antibiotics, an electric grid, or spray cheese. Yes if it weren't for the many breakthroughs brought to us by modern science chances are I would not be here today shooting my mouth off over this global communications network called the internet, however I do like to think I also recognize when people are running a gambit and the scientific community seems to be plenty full of charlatans and I'm not just talking about those physicists with the ski resort that houses that silly machine they claim can find "god particles" but all its done so far is create a black hole with a powerful gravitational field that somehow only pulls money towards it. They know what they're doing and its probably best just to ignore it. I'm talking about the scientists and engineers promising things like space colonies and immortality via the wonders of cybernetics. You don't have to be a PhD in anything to know two things;
1. Humans are never going to live on Mars
2. Human wills never be able to download their conciseness into cyborg bodies allowing the to live in perpetuity
These are both great ideas for science fiction movies but in reality they are simply scams. I'll explain how it works
First an absurdly rich person(s) has an existential crisis. They realize despite their vast wealth they will one day have to die like the rest of us and that upsets them as well it should. When you have hundreds of millions or billions of dollars life is quite enjoyable and it seems unfair the party should ever have to stop. These uber rich folk meet prominent scientists at dinner parties and other social functions because chances are they went to the same elite schools, schools like Princeton, Harvard, etc schools that all have what in common? They're famous for teaching people how to lie to obtain vast sums of money. These scientists make vague promises about helping these titans of finance and industry live forever they just need some start up money. Something to the tune of say 350 million to start. The rich person says "Hey I know of a pension fund that has about that much in it! I think I'll rob it blind!" They give it to the scientists in the form of grants who then use it on blow and hookers and laugh the whole time at the ridiculous notion of people living in space or becoming immortal cyborgs.
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