#Science gone wrong

[chocolateteas]

the parallels...

fullmetal alchemist my beloved you always knew that putting raw captured souls into doll bodies and using them as an army was scary af

[cynicalclassicist]

Like one of those stories of a Frankenstein's monster type!

did it work

[thenalexica]

Different apocalyptic plot structures by genre

Science Fiction: Alien invasion decimates Earth AI systems become hostile Climate disaster reshapes world Pandemic creates new species Space colony escape plan Scientific experiment gone wrong

Fantasy: Ancient prophecy fulfilled Magic becomes unstable Gods abandon mankind Mystical seals breaking Dark forces awakening Mystical plague spreads

Horror: Zombie virus outbreak Demonic invasion begins Cosmic horror revealed Mass possession event Supernatural plague Ritual summons end times

Literary Fiction: Slow societal collapse Environmental degradation Economic system failure Social order breakdown Mass psychological change Cultural identity loss

Military Fiction: Nuclear war aftermath Bio-weapon release Global warfare erupts Military AI takeover Strategic resource wars Cyber warfare collapse

[drmonkeysetroscans]

Helpers.

[the-exhausted-xexandaler]

Every time I see a Star Wars video, animation, art or otherwise, I can’t help but think back on the time I blew somebodies mind about how an actual lightsaber would just be the same baton style we see in the toy versions. You push a button and out comes the baton.

To clarify, this was on a video I haven’t seen in years (I can’t find it no matter how much I search Youtube and Google anymore). An old scientist dude was at a Star Wars con or something and had a panel about how the best way to make a real lightsaber was to use a reflector on the other end of it… but you could just like… but that struck me as impractical. There wouldn’t be any mass to contain it for striking solid structures or to repost and parry other light saber users. You’d just be waving around flashlights. Very very expensive and powerful flashlights, but flashlights nonetheless.

But my argument in the comments of that video was that we already have the ideal starting point in a design, the toy baton style we have already. You push a button, the baton extends from its casing, it gets super heated but not to the point it melts the baton, casing or circuits (though since Lightsabers are powered by gems I’m not to sure how that works), and then you slice and dice like you’re trying to make a stirfry.

That’s basically it. There are four issues with making an actual battle ready lightsaber though.

First: finding a metal with such scarcity that it couldn’t be found just lying around for others to use in shields or bulwarks against it.

Second: the metal would also need such a high melting point that the plasma (yeah I’m using plasma, we have Milky Way candy bars and the Milky Way constellation and they don’t have anything to do with one another besides the name) wouldn’t melt it even with the plasma being able to pierce and melt basically everything else.

Third: a powersource that can generate that sort of energy in a confined space. Now this could be solved by having say a power pack on your back like they apparently had in the early comics that would be attached to the saber by a cable. At least until we can make a powersource that can be confined in just the LS itself. But it still doesn’t stop the biggest worry…

Fourth and Final: Radiating Energy. A blade or Baton of any durability being heated enough to melt everything else in existence would still be generating so much heat that it would basically set not just you, but the freaking atmosphere ablaze. Sure this could be mitigated by adding a cooling system or by having the blade heat up over a long period of time instead of being done in less than two seconds, but that wouldn’t be cost efficient for the energy or awesome for the wielder.

Anyways, that’s my hot take. If anyone can help me find the video I’d really appreciate it. I hope everyone has an awesome rest of their day/evening/night.

[asmuchasidliketo]

I don't think about Harry Potter all that much these days but sometimes I just randomly remember that these kids were writing on parchment. Like I know they have an aesthetic but WHY are these children writing their essays on ANIMAL SKINS in this day and age. It just isn't practical. At least go with old-timey paper or something.

[razzleberry-lemonade]

day 28: mutation

a dumb lmao

i had no idea what to draw lol

scud probably makes a lot of mistakes and has probably made mutated clones before lol

its all “denial and error” in science as ricky from tpb would say lol

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[shanklin]

Stanford never became friends with Fiddleford.

Instead he got himself a different small friend group who cares a lot about him. At least about the Ford he pretended to be in college.

A kind, soft spoken formerly bullied genius who researches very dull stuff in Oregon and definitely not anything weird. Their Ford would never break any rules or ignore safety measures [unlike that other student they heard about during their college years.]

And then Ford stops answering their calls and loses his grant. 

It’s time for an intervention and they start pestering Ford with letters and calls until he finally agrees to meet them at a science convention, but he’ll take his brother with him.

They’re relieved! Ford is with Shermie! They like Shermie! It's a good thing that Ford still has one brother who isn't a good for nothing selfish criminal who destroyed his entire future!

If they ever get their hands on Ford’s evil twin they’ll make sure he’ll regret ever messing with their friend. Ford is too nice for revenge. They aren’t.

Meanwhile at the not-yet Mystery Shack, the Stans freshly survived their own angsty canon divergent tale of two stans AU and locked Bill out of Ford's mind like a week ago.

Stan: I don’t know how long Ford will keep me around but this will be good for him. He needs some friends to take care of him after I inevitably get kicked out again!

Ford: I only agreed to this because Stan insisted and I still haven’t found a way to thank him and apologize. I hope all my “friends” die in a fire.

[transingthoseformers]

One (1) last thought but Shockwave in heat

[m0th-h]

The love for the Avengers but hate for mutants will never not be funny to me

[supurman]

i just got so mad about how much wally fans hate barry, how much writers hate him ( hense why he was killed int he first place and shelved), and how any movement he makes in comics its taken as A JAB to wally fans that i might put barry back on his solo blog.

[marlynnofmany]

I've been reading a lot of science fiction and fantasy stories lately, by a lot of different authors, and I've noticed an interesting trend. Not something that happens all the time by any means, but something that's more likely to happen in one over the other.

Magic fixes problems while science causes problems.

And it makes sense that it would be that way, because magic is something that we don't really have, and we can only imagine what we would do with it if we did. Magic is just altering reality in ways that logically shouldn't happen, given our current understanding of physics. If we could change reality with a snap of our fingers, oh man we would do so much good with it.

But science. We've seen what science can do. And before it can achieve the lofty goals that it sets out to do, it goes through any number of failures and setbacks. We've seen the mistakes. We've suffered through them. Then in fiction, we extrapolate what could happen with advancements that we haven't quite reached yet.

With science fiction, we tell cautionary tales of a that future could be. With fantasy, we tell fairy tales of a past that never was.

Not every time. But often enough to notice.

[mango-meister]

You’ve decided to pull Spock out of the field!

Time travel already! On your first day as an ensign, what’s to be expected on the Enterprise?

Part 1, Part 2 Next

[the-exhausted-xexandaler]

Lesson learned; never switch the positions of my pets food and water bowls ever again. I can’t even find the back half, so I’m concerend that she might’ve eaten it.

[deadvixengirl]

I’m so happy to be with you all tonight I miss you all so much

[in-tua-deep]

when I was 12 I was sick and missed a science test. when I was back at school the teacher told me I could make it up after class but it completely slipped my mind and I went home on the bus

the next day I went to the teacher to apologize and tell her I could stay after that day if it was still okay and before I could she was like “You saw the zero in the grade book” in such a matter of fact way

I, in fact, had not looked at the grade book?? I had no idea that she’d put a zero in for my test. I was just a distractible kid with undiagnosed ADHD who… forgot to stay after school because my usual routine was to get on the bus

I didn’t say that of course. I just nodded in absolute befuddlement and then stayed to take my test that day

I’m much older than 12 now but I still remember my confusion and shame and the bolt of momentary panic before she told me she would let me do the test and I’m like. idk. it kind of stuck with me. I was 12. I was a pretty good student otherwise, yeah distractible but in a quiet “doodle on every paper near me” and “has two to three books on hand at any given time so I don’t get bored” kind of way.

I think even after all these years I still don’t understand why she felt like she had to scare me