ksigley t1_jdwhmmu wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Reply to comment by starcraftre in Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it: We ran the numbers. by filosoful

This is the correct answer. If you do the math wrong, the math will be wrong.

OriVerda t1_jdwppnn wrote on March 27, 2023 at 7:18 PM

What a deliciously poignant answer for someone who loves science but isn't smart enough to understand any of it. If you wrong, you wrong.

crazyrich t1_jdwvqw6 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 7:56 PM

Garbage in garbage out

Jindujun t1_jdwvs0b wrote on March 27, 2023 at 7:56 PM

It's usually expressed in the more elegant "garbage in, garbage out"

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ItsAConspiracy t1_je1dhll wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:32 PM

And if you don't read the full article, you don't get the point of the article, which also said Dyson spheres are easily worthwhile if they're a meter thick with partial coverage. That's probably not a terrible approximation of a Dyson swarm.