If you think about how big the universe is, the fact that we can manipulate energy on such a small scale, like raising the temperature of something by one degree is absolutely insane

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• betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And if we put our minds to it and work together, we can raise the temperature of the planet until it kills off all the people (followed by the billionaires).

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Can we heat it just enough that it kills off billionaires but leaves everything else alone? 🤔

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  • Onyxonblack@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No worries mate, it’s already in the bag!

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• Guitar@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I would argue that’s the only thing that makes sense. Given the immense scale, everything has to be so much more localized. What would be much more insane to me is if we were able to raise the temperature of a huge chunk of space by a large amount. Like the universe right after the big bang.

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  • StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well think about it, an asteroid just a mile wide hits a planet, the impact plume would reach about 20,000k, or 35,000 F, but on a planet wide scale even those numbers are meaningless, a statewide scale? Forget about it. We may think we’re hot shit when we can raise our ovens up to 500⁰ or melt steel, but, in the grand scheme of things we’re playing with grains of sand on the beach of energy manipulation

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    • meekah@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’d say the amount of energy manipulation we do makes perfect sense for beings about the size of a human. We still have a long ways to go regarding efficiency but no need to heat a planet when heating your room or your food is enough.

      I think your fascination with this just boils down to a fascination with the scale of the universe in general.

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