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kortilla10/12/20242 repliesview on HN

> But it's not, period.

Said every dipshit Luddite 50 years ago about basically everything we enjoy on a day to day basis.


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palata10/12/2024

Says everyone who actually checks what 4.25 light-years means and understands that this is actually the closest star.

But I'm always happy to be classified as "disphit" by people who apparently replace their lack of physic knowledge with some kind of faith.

hollerith10/12/2024

You mean 50 years ago when many were proclaiming that there would be whole cities in space by now? You mean that 50 years ago?

(Even more were proclaiming it 70 years ago.)