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Curious what the point of the big circular flat thing would be. Apparently it can take huge transport aircraft coming or going, but that's all there is. I don't see why anyone would go there. There's nothing to do except go somewhere else.
Levitating ocean liners? However it's done, the energy consumption would be staggering. And the lawsuits the first time one of those malfunctioned and crashed down on something important would be a wonder to behold.
Infidel - I have read many of your comments associated with Rick's "Futurism" posts, and they lead me to wonder if perhaps you aren't viewing them with the right perspective.
When these images were done, they weren't approached from the direction of "Can We?" or "Does it Make Sense?" Rather, logic and probability were thrown out the window and they were an expression of the unlimited capabilities of mankind and where our intelligence, dreams and ambition could take us if untethered. They were never meant as a literal interpretation of our future, but a symbolic one demonstrating what we could accomplish if we let our ambition and imagination run wild!
Back in the 1980's there was a form of (generally modern) avant-garde, artistic expression called "Performance Art" that was ridiculed, derided and celebrated at the same time; the best I ever heard it described or defined as was "Performance Art isn't meant to be understood - it's just meant to be absorbed and enjoyed. Like a fine dinner or good beverage, you don't consider the individual components or if they make sense in combining them, but simply savor the final product."
I approach these images of "Our Future!" with much the same perspective - instead of analyzing and breaking down if there is any logical capability or basis for their existence as drawn, I rather enjoy them from the approach of looking at them and thinking, "Could We if We Tried?"
That could well be the case, although I'm not sure why wildly impractical things would be a particularly good evocation of "where our intelligence, dreams and ambition could take us if untethered" (and in the case of a lot of these things, no, we couldn't if we tried because they're essentially impossible). I just think it's amusing to look at them from a practical standpoint. If Rick objects to my making such comments, I'll stop writing them, but I've seen no sign that he does.
Infidel - you may be correct - these things may be "impossible" right now, but who knows where we'll be in 50 or 100 years? Perhaps wiped off the face of the planet (especially with who's in the WH right now!), or they may very well be possible.
This was never a question of objections of your comments or if you should make them or not; I was simply showing you a different perspective on viewing them... sorry if you don't see that.
Curious what the point of the big circular flat thing would be. Apparently it can take huge transport aircraft coming or going, but that's all there is. I don't see why anyone would go there. There's nothing to do except go somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteLevitating ocean liners? However it's done, the energy consumption would be staggering. And the lawsuits the first time one of those malfunctioned and crashed down on something important would be a wonder to behold.
Infidel - I have read many of your comments associated with Rick's "Futurism" posts, and they lead me to wonder if perhaps you aren't viewing them with the right perspective.
DeleteWhen these images were done, they weren't approached from the direction of "Can We?" or "Does it Make Sense?" Rather, logic and probability were thrown out the window and they were an expression of the unlimited capabilities of mankind and where our intelligence, dreams and ambition could take us if untethered. They were never meant as a literal interpretation of our future, but a symbolic one demonstrating what we could accomplish if we let our ambition and imagination run wild!
Back in the 1980's there was a form of (generally modern) avant-garde, artistic expression called "Performance Art" that was ridiculed, derided and celebrated at the same time; the best I ever heard it described or defined as was "Performance Art isn't meant to be understood - it's just meant to be absorbed and enjoyed. Like a fine dinner or good beverage, you don't consider the individual components or if they make sense in combining them, but simply savor the final product."
I approach these images of "Our Future!" with much the same perspective - instead of analyzing and breaking down if there is any logical capability or basis for their existence as drawn, I rather enjoy them from the approach of looking at them and thinking, "Could We if We Tried?"
Just a thought.
RBS
That could well be the case, although I'm not sure why wildly impractical things would be a particularly good evocation of "where our intelligence, dreams and ambition could take us if untethered" (and in the case of a lot of these things, no, we couldn't if we tried because they're essentially impossible). I just think it's amusing to look at them from a practical standpoint. If Rick objects to my making such comments, I'll stop writing them, but I've seen no sign that he does.
DeleteInfidel - you may be correct - these things may be "impossible" right now, but who knows where we'll be in 50 or 100 years? Perhaps wiped off the face of the planet (especially with who's in the WH right now!), or they may very well be possible.
DeleteThis was never a question of objections of your comments or if you should make them or not; I was simply showing you a different perspective on viewing them... sorry if you don't see that.
RBS
Polite, intelligent discourse and differing opinions on display here, and you two commenters are exemplary. I applaud your individual viewpoints.
Delete+ fantascienza, i sogni del futurista
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