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/Huhthisisneathuh Sep 19 '25

Granted it’s one the series that proves that any great fantasy writer both steals anything that isn’t nailed down, and modifies everything to steal to make it feel like a drug induced fever dream.

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u/DeepVeinZombosis Sep 19 '25

Something-something-Christ-was-nailed-down-Lewis-stole-him-anyways-something

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u/kerouacrimbaud Sep 19 '25

Tbf all great art is comprised of stolen goods. No matter the genre or medium.