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The media is generally populated by innumerate and scientifically illiterate individuals

Posted by ATL

on February 13, 2026, 13:39:07, in reply to "B/C the media acted like sea lions clapping for a treat whenever he proposed one of these BS ideas"

they generally view anything high tech as approximating magic because they don’t understand science and math.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

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This is quite a read on the Hyperloop debacle - Tortillini February 13, 2026, 8:00:00

This was dumb and infeasible for so many reasons. - DT February 13, 2026, 10:19:05
- Filling pods with handfuls of people and launching them at high velocity is not a terrible idea. - doubledown February 13, 2026, 13:20:21
- Arguably one of the dumbest ideas of the modern era - illini February 13, 2026, 13:04:29
  - B/C the media acted like sea lions clapping for a treat whenever he proposed one of these BS ideas - IlliniRunner February 13, 2026, 13:28:31
    - The media is generally populated by innumerate and scientifically illiterate individuals - ATL February 13, 2026, 13:39:07
- But it did achieve its design goal of delaying California HSR* - ATL February 13, 2026, 10:31:22
  - Now I need to figure out what WiFi 7 is meant to ruin. - complainant February 13, 2026, 12:17:40
    - I don’t now. My eero setup is pre covid so probably not even WiFi 6* - ATL February 13, 2026, 13:40:37
    - You're gonna want 46gbps for your brain implant. * - doubledown February 13, 2026, 13:00:37
      - Why do I need a brain? They just cause problems.* - complainant February 13, 2026, 13:30:57
Steve Davis sounds like a total Steve. * - doubledown February 13, 2026, 9:03:04
- I'm happy that he got a first name in the end. - complainant February 13, 2026, 12:10:55

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