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What exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But they'd just realize we are all garbage and then gray goo the entire earth

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nah thats the dystopian version, op specified "Exotic" thats the one that doesnt go wrong and kill us all.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Exotic" isn't synonymous with "safe"

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dont tell me how my hypothetical science fiction invention works, you dont understand the hypothetical sciemce fiction research we would be hypothetically doing.

[–] nymwit@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

hypothetically cool, and very hypothetically legal