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    Nuclear Fusion Science Questions May 3, 2019, 7:42 a.m.
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    Tbh one important thing that is lacking right now is communication. Commercial nuclear fission if attained solves climate change in one fell swoop. Reaching it grants such big rewards that dreams of infinite money should be pouring into its research, but most people don’t care and still think its impossible. To change that we need powerful communicators, people who excel at transmuting ideas and contagiante others with excitement around an idea.

    So if you’d like to help nuclear fission there are a lot of things you can do right now, besides shifting your career into nuclear physics.

    This is true, but surely you mean FUSION in this context? Fission is a different nuclear process altogether and the one that we use currently in our reactors as the basis of power production.

    Even if you meant fission power, the above statement would still be valid. Newer fission power-plants are becoming increasingly cleaner and efficient, and exotic fissile materials like thorium would make for some powerful and safe nuclear power plants for the future, especially if fusion proves too expensive or difficult to achieve en masse.

    I meant To write fusion, some how it ended up fission. Either way you are absolutely right about fission (this time I meant it, i’m double checking my words).

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    Nuclear Fusion Science Questions May 3, 2019, 12:54 a.m.
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    When you say you want to contribute do you mean you want to help the current endevours to make it work, or do you mean you want to solve it yourself?

    I understand there is no way it can be solved by oneself... also that it is a bit egotistic to do so!
    Rather, I know that it has to be through part of a great team.
    Possibly increasing exposure to nuclear fusion as a means to the next paradigm shift in humanity will be useful. I understand that Elon Musk is working on alternatives to clean energy since nuclear fusion is still in early development and that Elon Musk is applying technology readily available for use, but implementing them through targeted projects with strict deadlines.

    Tbh one important thing that is lacking right now is communication. Commercial nuclear fission if attained solves climate change in one fell swoop. Reaching it grants such big rewards that dreams of infinite money should be pouring into its research, but most people don’t care and still think its impossible. To change that we need powerful communicators, people who excel at transmuting ideas and contagiante others with excitement around an idea.

    So if you’d like to help nuclear fission there are a lot of things you can do right now, besides shifting your career into nuclear physics.

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    New to the SFIA Forum? General May 2, 2019, 6:13 a.m.
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    Hi everyone. I'm a new member, just looking for a bit of intellectual stimulation from time to time.

    Welcome Chuck, its great to have you here. What topics are you interested in discussing/pursuing?

    Anything from futurism to afterlife to the paranormal.

    With ‘paranormal’ do you mean non-Gaussian?

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    Nuclear Fusion Science Questions May 2, 2019, 6:10 a.m.

    When you say you want to contribute do you mean you want to help the current endevours to make it work, or do you mean you want to solve it yourself?

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    Book of the Month: House of Suns ***Spoilers*** Book of the Month April 22, 2019, 6:20 p.m.

    Since I first heard about AR in SFIA I've read almost everything he has published thus far. Revelation Space bundle (in which I personally include both Dreyfus' novels) are still my fav, although pretty much every universe of his is incredible. Two books have made me want him to write more on the matter, either prequels or sequels, Terminal World and this one. Completely different from each other, but the degree in which the McGuffin slaying moment is presented is in both cases extraordinarily well done. Also, the evolution path to immortality taken by the Spirit of the Air was a perfect counterpoint to Sylveste's scanning approach, to slowly turn into a machine instead of sacrificing one's continuum to spawn a digital copy is something I personally could go for.
    My favorite parts were possibly their first encounter with the lone hoarder at the start of the book where they rescue Hesperus, Campion’s visit to the Dyson's Sphere and the fly by a rescue mission into the reunion system.

    Anyway I'm taking this opportunity to thank you for introducing me to AR, he has grown on me so much that is probably my favorite contemporary sci-fi author.