▲ 2083 ▼ The only thing that matters (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] zaphod@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) politicians suddenly got very worried about actual scientific competitiveness and winning a competitive race on something other than bombs. They just feared possible military applications and didn't want to fall behind. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] psmgx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Aye. Was a dick wagging competition, but the subtext was "we can do this with ICBMs and their countermeasures". permalink fedilink source parent [–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Point completely taken, but they at least managed to provide some window-dressing that they were advancing the state of science and knowledge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zaphod@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago advancing the state of science and knowledge I mean they did, and then they used it to build arms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Aye. Was a dick wagging competition, but the subtext was "we can do this with ICBMs and their countermeasures". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Point completely taken, but they at least managed to provide some window-dressing that they were advancing the state of science and knowledge. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zaphod@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago advancing the state of science and knowledge I mean they did, and then they used it to build arms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zaphod@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago advancing the state of science and knowledge I mean they did, and then they used it to build arms. permalink fedilink source parent
