• FenrirIII@lemmy.world
    22·
    10 months ago

    “But I believe that, as a species, human beings define their reality through misery and suffering. The perfect world was a dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from.” - Agent Smith, The Matrix

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    11·
    10 months ago

    this reminds me of the story where they grew trees in a perfect indoor environment and they all fell over.

    no wind. the wind stresses the trees in a way that triggers a reaction to make some chemical or whatnot that is the structure of the tree. without the stress, they dont build enough support.

      • Chriswild@lemmy.world
        9·
        10 months ago

        Absolutely not, Minecraft is so close to reality that it is proof children yearn to work the mines and child labor laws have deprived them or their need.

        • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          Fair point. I was just pointing out that it’s a true story.

          I actually related this to a botanist once and he was absolutely floored that they didn’t know that ahead of time.

        • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          No, not that I could easily identify. It was part of a presentation given by their faculty at the institute where I was working at the time. It’s pretty much the only part of it that stuck in my head because I’m a biologist (but not a botanist) and never knew that.

          It stuck because it was just one of those things that you might have never thought of on your own, but once you hear it you say “Huh, that makes perfect sense.”

          You could probably find a lot of material on the effects of wind on trees, but I’m not sure where/how they published their work. I can’t remember if this was the first or second iteration, either. In any case, we declined collaboration so I never got more than an hour long presentation.

  • hark@lemmy.world
    111·
    10 months ago

    You take away all obstacles and there’s nothing to get in our way of thriving. I know people want to look on the bright side of things, but there is no downside to having no problems at all (problems coming up later to challenge weaknesses is not “no problems”).

  • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
    7·
    10 months ago

    Honestly, I plan on retiring to Costa Rica or some beach in Portugal or something where the most work I do is ordering another cocktail. I will, it’s true, be actively withering and dying, but I’d be doing the same if I was a door checker at Walmart, and probably a lot faster.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I wonder if, by obstacles, he meant morons.

    Because it fits perfectly, but I’m not certain I agree with the conclusion.

  • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Starship troopers variant:

    Our species can only survive with a shared enemy