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They are lying to us

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They are lying to us - Lemmy.World

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Mar 21, 2025 at 3:57amWeb
Show threadALoafOfBreadMar 21, 2025

Science is proof that 99/100 people who think that if there was a knowledge-based magic system irl, then they’d learn it and be a mage is in denial.

We legit have magic that you just have to learn & then can do all sorts of cool stuff, be it chemistry or computer science, and people pretty routinely do not give a shit about learning it themselves.

Show threadQwazpoiMar 21, 2025

Science is also for artificers.

Also people aren’t necessarily able to monetize their interest in science. Maybe if there were no barriers in the like people needing to pay for education, food, shelter, education, transportation, medical care, and the air they breathe then maybe a larger portion of those people would be the mage they want to be or at least closer to it. As it stands you are right, but things can be different than they are right now

Show threadTheThrillOfTimeMar 21, 2025
Society doesn’t prioritize knowledge for it’s own sake. It prioritizes making money. If society was different, more people could pursue hard sciences.
Show threadjrs100000Mar 21, 2025
I know, its really a shame about all those low paying STEM jobs. I remember back when I was a kid I used to tell everyone I wanted to be an engineer when I grew up, but all the moneys in literature and poetry so thats what I had to do. Damn you, capitalism!
Show threadtrashgirlfriendMar 21, 2025
Because the average researcher is SWIMMING in money right?
Show threadTheThrillOfTimeMar 21, 2025
There’s a difference between being an engineer and being a physicist. One deepens our understanding of the universe and the other uses our understanding of physics to build products. One is clearly valued more by capitalism.
Show threadInvertedParallaxMar 21, 2025
Motherfucker , I became an engineer becausw if was the closest I could come to rolling a mage.
Show threadGodortMar 21, 2025
Is the thing labeled “What the Fuck” a mercury rectifier?
Show threadMayor PoopingtonMar 21, 2025
Why the fuck would you need to to rectify mercury
Show threadNorthWestWindMar 21, 2025
It’s a nice planet that is commonly misunderstood
Show threadMayor PoopingtonMar 21, 2025
What did mercury ever do?
Show threadTootSweetMar 21, 2025
Please tell me “rectify” does not mean “insert into a rectum.”
Show threadMayor PoopingtonMar 21, 2025
Only if you consider consider putting some into your rectum correct
Show threadSynapseMar 21, 2025
Serious answer: it rectifies electric current, using mercury vapor. It looks pretty cool but it’s very obsolete technology.
Show threadguy_threepwoodMar 21, 2025
And generated a fuck tonne of UV, so….don’t look at it with your remaining eye.
Show threadNaichMar 21, 2025
Oh yes. I’ve seen one in action. It’s beautiful but deadly. Looks like genuine magic with sparks and glowing shit bouncing around.
Show threadthisbenzingringMar 21, 2025

TIL

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhaQqgXrMMU

Mercury Arc Rectifiers - Kempton Steam Museum

Kempton Steam Museum volunteer David Walker describes the history and operation of the museum's Mercury Arc Rectifiers. Mercury Arc Rectifiers are designed t...

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Show threadnectar45Mar 21, 2025
Why I havent given hope on time travel
Show threadneuracnuMar 21, 2025

Isn’t a lot of that just fancy chemistry?

“AMATEURS!” bellows the shadowy mathematician from the dark corner…

Show threadfl42vMar 21, 2025
Yap, not a demon, just a core. You’ll also need an init and a set of coreutils to make one.
Show threadbetterdeadthanredditMar 21, 2025
I’ll take the plutonium mass and a flathead screwdriver please, it’ll be safer.
Show threadasudoxMar 21, 2025
I have a few daemons running in the background of my computer
Show threadfinMar 21, 2025
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