/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12597817

>>12419487
You're not going to convince them at all. The average person sees spaceflight the same way they see a niche nerdy movie. What should be done is a greater focus on wider scale applications rather than scientific study, colonization, or random spinoff technology that one out of twenty people may unknowingly interact with. Applications such as: mining, satellite service, or manufacturing.

How do we get more people to like spaceflight? Seems like the general population is aggressively apathetic to it even compared to other industries that most people don't really think about.

>>11292423

>>11155317
>and you're mad at thots?! I mean you said it yourself, we need to open those vaults and tax the insanely rich.
some of those thots are insanely rich. kim kardashian for example. i'm mad at society incentivizing girls who could be meaningful contributors to our progress being allowed to just sake their butts for money. pic related is not ok in my books.
>dude im a 29 year old post-doc in a basic discovery nmr lab.
respect. good stuff, fren.
>What can I possibly realistically do about this problem though, other than what I'm already doing (basically trying to work my way up to policy making positions).
i don't think it'll be one person, but maybe discourage this behavior little ways here and there and/or encourage "good" behaviors. i think of it like with recycling, if we all do a little it accumulates. we all have some input into this culture it's high time people like us start shifting it in the faster progress direction.
>i mean so you're just mad at human nature I suppose? That's fair, but wasting your time dwelling on it wont be productive overall, trust me.
that is fair. i'm not dwelling, i'm just actively mad. anger is an arousing emotion.
>naw, even if through force you wouldn't want them,
well we can support policies and actions that promotes certain behaviors. like that thot audit for example was brilliant. then that money could go to public research instead of them evading taxes.
>this kind of work takes people who are actually autistic about it. research is fucking daunting even if you love it.
back in the 60s even the milk man was contributing towards NASA in a way. the whole country was fixated on the space race. everyone can help towards tech progress even if it's not directly doing the research.

>>11137210
That's not an original sentiment depending on where you live.

Shilling sensory deprivation tanks and the neo-phrenologists of the alt-right is the polar opposite of promoting science. In fact, he's a prime example of how the complete lack of curation of information might grow to be a potential civilizational threat.