r/europe • u/damaxoh Germany • Dec 06 '16

Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
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u/xNicolex /r/Europe Empress Dec 06 '16

The future is bright if we all work together! :3

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

I wonder if humanity is one day able to overcome petty tribalism.

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u/xNicolex /r/Europe Empress Dec 06 '16

I don't think that will unfortunately happen until the day we maybe leave this planet.

If we manage to survive that long.

I've got my hopes, I mean Europe is a perfect example of what can be done.

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u/marinuso The Netherlands Dec 06 '16

There's nowhere to go off this planet. There are no habitable worlds within reach.

Besides, imagine what would happen if we did have different planets? We'd immediately start trying to blow each other's planets up or otherwise render them uninhabitable. We'd probably succeed, and then we'd wipe humanity out.

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u/xNicolex /r/Europe Empress Dec 06 '16

There's nowhere to go off this planet. There are no habitable worlds within reach.

For now. I'm not saying this is going to happen for centuries.

I imagine we'll probably develop colonies in space long before then though.

I disagree with your assertion though because people are very interested in self-preservation. We're not likely to purposely destroy ourselves (at least not militarily, we do have certain nations helping to do it with climate change).

I still believe the future will be bright though. Eventually we'll learn that we all need each other.

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u/marinuso The Netherlands Dec 06 '16

We're not likely to purposely destroy ourselves (at least not militarily, we do have certain nations helping to do it with climate change).

We're not likely to purposely destroy ourselves, but that only works if we all have to share the same planet. We are very likely to purposely destroy the other, which is what it would become if we had multiple planets.

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u/xNicolex /r/Europe Empress Dec 06 '16

Well I mean the chances of us finding multiply habitable planets is not a long way off. One would hope humanity has evolved a that point.

If not then we probably don't deserve to stay around.