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We’ve had 4 decades.

If you’re still telling people flying is the problem, then you’re part of the problem

Where is all that renewable power we were promised every time we said “use nuclear”.

We still haven’t hit peak coal.

Yes, and the other reason is we don’t invest enough.

I think he’s really just trying to spur your imagination into imagining if someone like that had lived longer.

Anyway, this conversation has been had repeatedly. Many people seem to be unable to imagine that positive benefit of much longer lives.

Suppose that’s why “Science advances one funeral at a time.”

It appears he had cancer and something about the treatment caused his death.

Cheap and plentiful fossil fuels.

We’re rolling back CAFE standards too.

Don’t forget environmentalists have been fighting against nuclear energy for decades.

Update: Since I’m being downvoted I’m going to add a little sting:

Good luck with your solar power web servers and skipping flights.

Poor judgement really does have a price. It’s now inevitable that it’s going to get a bit warmer… everywhere. We’ll be lucky to hit Net Zero by 2100.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/iran-energy-cr...

It’s quite impressive how the world is unable to reduce greenhouse emissions.

A guess?

That’s what people always say until science progresses. I remember when we believed HIV would not be treatable.

Science advances one funeral at a time.

91 is respectable for a reasonable man in the early 21st century. A few unreasonable people want a bit more.

No, there really isn’t.

Fortunately EVs are also cheaper. Unfortunately, the US has a 100% tariff on the less expensive Chinese EVs and batteries.

Better and cheaper does win.

If they’re better, you don’t need mandates.

You’re part of the problem, not the solution. There’s an entire political backlash against EVs because of mandates. The Trump Administration actually prevented California from having EV quotas.

Simply let in EVs from China and let American car companies go out of business.

I suppose if you just look at a chart…

“The stock price has tripled since last August”

That’s just a statement of fact. I offered no other analysis.

Pat killed Intel’s share price. Should have paid more attention to the balance sheet. I thought he would eventually turn the company around but Intel was priced for bankruptcy.

Stock price has tripled since last August. Hopefully, Intel is really back. They do need a couple of Fab customers.

“CAR-T cell treatments”

I seen this discussed for the past several years to treat cancer. It does appear promising.

Unfortunately, it’s incredibly expensive.

Thorp is alive and in his 90s.

Here’s an interview with him from a few years ago.

https://youtu.be/CNvz91Jyzbg?si=vR8jxJ7iBCP0uYzk

I asked Gemini AI and it says the NIH spent $7.3 billion last year.

Would it be a big deal to double that?

Why can’t we just ask our governments to spend more on research? Want some rich person to donate $100 billion on cancer research?

The US government and European governments could find that amount of money every year.

https://archive.is/ECtuo

We’ve been discussing it for 30 years.

Having people making the same stupid comment after 3 decades needs to be handled more critically

Let’s go back 40 years and listen to the warning:

https://youtu.be/3NvgJ1b6JXs?si=yUKcegVwfyNGi2rC

So, you’re saying it’s an unsolvable problem?

Someone always says “merely throwing money at the problem…”

What time period was the money spent? The last 25 years?

The United States spends $1 trillion a year in debt interest. $50 billion is nothing

This again?

The test is optional. Feel free to skip it.

Tell 50 million people they’re likely to have Alzheimer’s then tell them where to donate towards a cure, or treatments to slow it by a decade.

Gosh, it seems like only yesterday we were being shamed for flying to take a vacation.

Now, along with reintroducing measles, we’re preparing to really crank up our greenhouse emissions

It’s discussed in the first few minutes. That’s basically all I watched. One of the first points she tries to make is that people claim that Feynman is one of the top physicists of all time, comparable to Einstein and Newton. She tries to set us straight.

Anyway, I’m a big Feynman fan. My Discord handle is feynman1918.

I guess you didn’t watch the video so you don’t understand the point I’m trying to address.

At any rate, this garbage doesn’t belong on HN.

People also don’t think he’s one of the greatest physicists ever.

As he said, he was just an ordinary person who worked very hard.

“The reversal targets the 2009 “endangerment finding,” which concluded that six greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare. The finding provided the legal underpinning for the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules, which limited emissions from power plants and tightened fuel-economy standards for vehicles under the Clean Air Act.”

What does it mean “if it works “?

What happened to cheap home solar with batteries?