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Re:Twisted graphene has become the big thing in physics by stupidcar on Friday May 03, 2019 @07:39AM (#19817456)
> The only real barrier is cost.

I feel like this could almost be a slogan for the human race at this point. Our grasp of science and engineering has reached a level where's there's very few things we might want to build where we couldn't conceivably do it. We could build the most outlandish megastructures, infrastructure and space bases if we really had to, but it all just costs too much.

Re:Twisted graphene has become the big thing in physics by londons_explore on Friday May 03, 2019 @08:24AM (#19817753)
"It's expensive and we couldn't find investors" really means "It's a lot of work, and nobody thinks it'll be worth it".

We might be able to anything, but the capitalist system stops us doing things that don't look profitable.

Re:Twisted graphene has become the big thing in physics by naasking on Friday May 03, 2019 @09:28AM (#19818185)
Profitability at time X is a pretty decent heuristic for whether something is worth doing at time X.
Re:Twisted graphene has become the big thing in physics by danharaj on Friday May 03, 2019 @10:12AM (#19818577)
How do you know that? Unknown unknowns.
Re:Twisted graphene has become the big thing in physics by naasking on Friday May 03, 2019 @11:39AM (#19819365)
Unknown unknowns are more likely to cause problems and delay completion, not accelerate development.