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by simonblack 1297 days ago
It must be achievable otherwise it wouldn't exist. *

This whole argument reminds me of the scientists who claimed in the late 1800s that heavier-than-air flight was impossible, never mind the millions of birds and insects who proved every day that it was possible.

* Just because the technology isn't there YET, does not mean it will NEVER be there. Arthur Clarke called this kind of thinking a 'Failure of Imagination'.