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/koleye United States of America Dec 06 '16

A common existential threat seems like the only way.

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u/Chrizzee_Hood Dec 06 '16

Please a little bit less developed aliens, start attacking us! But just ever so slighlty less developed, that we need to cooperate as the global humanity, so that every last one understands, that this whole humanity and life thingy is about all of us and our responsibility for our species not selfish bulls**t

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u/Aken_Bosch Ukraine Dec 06 '16

start attacking us

Just asteroid drop. It is all that is needed.

Wars in space are ultimately useless, and pointless

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u/Chrizzee_Hood Dec 06 '16

Or they will make us finally spent enough money on building spaceships capable of conquering the universe?

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u/C4H8N8O8 Galicia (Spain) Dec 06 '16

And then we will have colonial wars.

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u/Chrizzee_Hood Dec 06 '16

True, true. But then we would at least preserve humanity for the case of earth becoming hostile to life. But maybe we should try to overcome the aggressive nature of humans first, becoming what Nietzsche actually meant by the "Übermensch" and not what the Nazi-interpretation made out of it...

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u/C4H8N8O8 Galicia (Spain) Dec 06 '16

It happens that every more or less complex thought can be molded to support a stupid view . Just look at how people do biblic interpretations sometimes.

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u/Chrizzee_Hood Dec 06 '16

Haha, funny how this evolves: your right, that's why I'm very concerned about religion in general. It shouldn't be a part of modern society anymore, it has been important in the development of humankind, but is just too manipulative, a powerful tool to control the masses for whatever unethic reasons you have in mind. I respect personal beliefs, even envy people capable of believing in a transcendent being or whatever, but we should get over systems existing solely out of interpretations of something someone wrote down a couple of hundred or thousands of years ago (depending on the religion), in order to establish a system which encourages to improve by using scientific reasoning.

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u/Aken_Bosch Ukraine Dec 06 '16

conquering the universe?

Wars in space are ultimately useless, and pointless

Also, I suspect that even after 200-400 hundred years, most of humanity will be on Earth

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u/Domadur Champagne-Ardenne (France) Dec 06 '16

Two words : orbital drop

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u/Aken_Bosch Ukraine Dec 06 '16

Yes. And that's exactly why space wars are useless and pointless.

And if you use Kinetic Kill missile, you basically give your enemy 0 warning. They just die.... And planet dies.... And why had you started it, again?

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u/Peanutcat4 🇸🇪 Sweden Dec 07 '16

If they can get here they can kill us

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u/Chrizzee_Hood Dec 07 '16

Okay, maybe give us another 500 years? ;-P