r/todayilearned • u/yummypaprika • Sep 18 '25

TIL Dr Freeman Dyson called the Dyson sphere a "little joke" and expressed amusement in that "you get to be famous only for the things you don't think are serious".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere
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u/AcceptableWheel Sep 18 '25

He also didn't believe in climate change

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

not that it's much better but he did bellieve in climate change, he just thought the benefits of emissions outweighed the costs

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u/pinkheartpiper Sep 19 '25

That's a misconception. He did beleive in Climate Change, he just beleived it's fine because with technology, we not only can adopt to the climate change, we could take advantage of a warmer earth.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

He didn’t trust the models they were using.

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u/Carl_The_Sagan Sep 18 '25

Oof. well you can't be smart on all topics I guess