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[–] [email protected] 290 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Sure, that's great but it's not even the point. Fundamental research and other type of "useless" scientific endeavors help humanity as a whole to better understand our universe but would never be privately funded because they don't have any concrete and immediate financial benefits. This is precisely what a government should finance, because no one else would do it and yet it's small stuff like that that make us collectively move forward as a species

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Oh, they’ll probably publicly fund it for private profit

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Musk fans don't want humanity to advance. They hate technological progress.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago

For OTHERS, yes. But many want the cutting edge for themselves, at no cost to themselves.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

help humanity as a whole

And here you've identified why they hate it. They cannot stand the idea that resources might benefit other people, resources that they could hoard instead.