• norbert@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Person who doesn’t know who Seth Shostak is comments on the internet.

      I’m not sure which part of studying physics or teaching or working at a non-profit makes him a big scary capitalist but I’m willing to listen to an honest critique if you have one.

      “I want to believe” as much as the next guy but shoehorning the most recent thing we’re mad about into every conversation doesn’t really contribute.

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        1 year ago

        Him stating that they would need money to get here is why I called him a capitalist. It’s an incredibly asinine thing to say when we know zero about aliens let alone if they would even have a society like ours. For all we know aliens could have a society like ants and have no need for money.

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          In this context “money” is shorthand for resources. He’s not talking about literal coins and banknotes.

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            So then he, an astronomer, has a basic misunderstanding of the amount of resources the universe holds. I’m guessing that isn’t the case and he means money.