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Re:Urbit: The good, the bad, and the insane by api on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:12PM (#27269765)
There's a lot of survivorship bias in that kind of thinking. They called Galileo mad, but they also called simultaneous five dimensional time cube guy mad.
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Re:Urbit: The good, the bad, and the insane by iudqnolq on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:38AM (#27276089)
"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."

- Carl Sagan

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Re:Urbit: The good, the bad, and the insane by golemotron on Monday May 24, 2021 @09:33PM (#27271742)
His name is Gene Ray.. His name is Gene Ray.. His name is Gene Ray..
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Re:Urbit: The good, the bad, and the insane by smuemd on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @04:50AM (#27274504)
Awesome: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Cube
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