• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I took a random wild guess, and found that if they quit blowing billions of dollars on over-complicated technology, they could do a lot more to take care of real world problems, like food, clothes and shelter for the homeless.

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      17 days ago

      So what you’re saying is we should never make any scientific advancement until we make the world a paradise?

      You know what would be at more effective, and just as realistic? Setting a limit that no one person or entity should have more than a half a billion dollars. The rest goes to charity to take care of all the problems we have now.

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        16 days ago

        I totally get you there, yes no one person should have over half a billion dollars while so many others plus the environment are suffering.

        As far as scientific advancement, I think humanity is already reaching the peak of that mountain. Sure there’s still more to be discovered, but at what cost?

        How much does it cost in research and design, manufacturing and programming a quantum computer? I dunno what their finances look like, but if I had to spot a wild guess, that already sounds like over half a billion dollars…

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      17 days ago

      You think that’s wasteful? Wait until you hear about the military or prisons.

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      17 days ago

      But… you know even if they didn’t use the money for this, they wouldn’t use it for those things, right? It’s Google…

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      17 days ago

      By simulating molecules, quantum computers have a huge promise of creating new medicines that are more effective, have fewer side effects, and are more likely to get through FDA trials on the first try.

      Please stop. You’re embarrassing yourself.

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      16 days ago

      Interesting you get downvoted for this when I mocked someone for saying the opposite who claimed that $0.5m was some enormous amount of money we shouldn’t be wasting, and I simply pointed out that we waste literally billions around the world on endless wars killing random people for now reason, so it is silly to come after small bean quantum computing if budgeting is your actual concern. People seemed to really hate me for saying that, or maybe it was because they just actually like wasting moneys on bombs to drop on children and so they want to cut everything but that.