And just think, all of it is some kind of thing we found in the ground, punched slapped and burned the shit out of to varying degrees, and made it DO THINGS!

SCIENCE things!

With so many various teams involved with every step of the project, from planning to construction to operation, I wonder if any one person truly understands all of how each piece works to do the things they do.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've always liked the idea of calling it teaching rocks to think, but maybe it's more like using rocks to teach math to think.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Using lightning!

You cannot convince me science and technology aren't just magic by any other name.

You bring up the question of whether it's the rocks that think or the math that thinks using the rocks... What are we when we think? (meaty bags of mostly water propped up on calcium sticks that makes it's own lightning to think?)

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a question worth getting high over. I'll need to ponder this.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

excited orb noises

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

Huh, I didn't even know this was a possibility. Amazing.