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I never did understand why so-called smart people pay money to be told they're smart.
Edit: Probably the reverse of the reason people are paid to tell others, people like you, that you're a no-good waste of space and you don't deserve me even addressing lifeforms as low as you; you disgusting piece of human excrement. That'll be £50, maggot.
I worked for 40 years at a company that made most of NASA's rocket engines, and a host of other impressive technology. There were many, many geniuses there - lots of literal rocket scientists, and leaders in fields like materials science and chemical engineering. One thing I learned early on was that most of the true geniuses looked down on people who mentioned being members of Mensa. It was like a red flag that the person cares too much about being perceived as smart. People who care so much about that put more energy into fostering the image than actually contributing.
like lasers right? Tell me we have laser weapons in space! Or do you mean really small but smart contributions that no one other than rocket scientists would know about!
As for MENSA - for sure. Pretentious little kiddies.
We actually had a very cool laser program for many years. One of the times that the company changed hands, the parent company kept the lasers part.
But we did a lot of very neat electrical power systems, including the whole electrical power management system for the space station.
Can a potato power it?
Might have to disable the slow clap functionality of the AI while on potato power
That probably would have been a good design feature because it turns out potatoes grow well in space, but we opted to go with solar power.
Yes but very shortly.