Reply To: Brain: dualism of consciousness.

[Brian H]

Rezwan wrote:

success in one fusion endeavor would breed it everywhere.

I very much doubt that’s true for Big Fusion if LPP or EMC2 or Tri-Alpha or General Fusion or any of the other low-cost “alt-fusion” approaches succeed. Who is going to pay tens of billions for a huge facility to do what someone has accomplished for a few million in the equivalent of a garage?

Think big, my friend! If LPPX succeeds, we’ll have surpluses of energy galore, and anyone can take on these fantastically complex engineering challenges just for kicks : )

It’s not just about the energy – they are exploring all kinds of issues that could have applications elsewhere when we hit the “beyond” stage. Liquid walls for the reactor? Sounds like we’re headed to interesting shielding properties for the future.

We need to make a list of spinoff products envisioned from the type of research they’re doing on the Tokamak and NIF. It’s not just about the energy.

Yes; it’s quite a mindset-change for the world to contemplate surpluses, isn’t it? I suspect it will cause millions of neurotic anxiety attacks and various wild psychotic breaks! I can think of a few candidates in my own (rather leftist/anti-optimism) close relatives and family … :bug: