Originally Posted by
robertorolfo
300 years ago (or insert any period of time that takes you back beyond the 20th century) the idea of human flight would have seemed unfathomable (yeah, da Vinci, I know). 30 years ago, the idea of a smart phone would have seemed unfathomable to most (see TNG). Look at what the ITER project could mean to us. Putting a cap on future progress seems strange given human history.
I literally brought up that the jump from a chariot to the Concorde is nothing next the energy costs we're talking about. It's not enough. It's not even the right order of magnitude jump. But I know, math is hard.