Fun with science! Tuesday

[what_the_shock]

Miguel rushed into the Danger Shop a little late and waved at the students. “Hey. Had a world to save.” Sometimes these things happened.

He hopped up on the desk. “So, introductions! Tell me who you are, where you’re from, a bit about yourself, and what science is to you. Not necessarily philosophically, though hey, feel free. I mean - horse and buggy, electricity, holonet, what?”

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Re: Introduce yourself!

[what_the_shock]

"And I'm still left with, why would scientists want to do this?" Miguel asked. "Is the ant going to be working as a tiny spy, or helping construct things on the water, or do research for them? How are they going to communicate with it to accomplish any of this?"

Re: Introduce yourself!

[howareyanow]

"Why would they want to do this?" Wayne repeated the question, almost sounding mildly offended. Almost. "I've got a better question for you, super chief: why wouldn't they? And sure, sure, why not, an ant could probably do any of those things, if needed, especially if we're getting to the point where an ant's riding a SeaDoo, and they're the scientiests, they can fucking figgur ouwt how to communicate with it, can't they? And just imagine how that's gotta feel for the ant, too. How many more opportunities like that you think the ant's gonna get?"

He paused long enough to let him consider it.

"...Not many. What's the alternative? Work on an antfarm? That ant's got a life on the ouwtside. He's gonna live it, goddamit. His hours might have been cut, he might have mouths to feed, you don't know."

Re: Introduce yourself!

[what_the_shock]

"Linguistics is different from engineering, although I suppose if you could get a telepathic helmet miniaturized, that might work. It's hard enough to get reliable telepathic circuitry at human size, though."

Why was he even thinking about this?

"As far as 'why not', even most scientists tend not to do things just for science. That doesn't pay for itself. If nobody's financing the ant research, and your scientists aren't independently wealthy," looking at you, Stark, "it's probably not going to happen."

Re: Introduce yourself!

[howareyanow]

Why you gotta do that, Miguel? Why you gotta go and crush a boy's simple, whole-hearted dreams to one day have ants...riding SeaDoos, huh?

The expression that took over Wayne's face right then could only be described as a pout.

Italicized and everything.

"Well," he said, a moment after that pout, "not with that attitude, it won't."

Re: Introduce yourself!

[what_the_shock]

Miguel shrugged. "There's a reason most science's corporate in my world."