• nthavoc@lemmy.today
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    3 hours ago

    side note: Brain drain from an adversary is one of the reasons why the US completed the Manhattan Project faster. History repeating itself. Maybe this time around the fusion project is completed faster with the intention of long term peace without the need for deterrence.

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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      16 minutes ago

      CERN was originally going to be built in Texas. Texas turned it down because they couldn’t see wasting all that money. It was the first time I ever heard Texas sayign something cost too much.