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| Mr. Peabody:
Howard_Casto talked about pseudo-science. I remarked in response about the fraudulence of pop culture. An example: Infinity War. Thanos says it is always a matter of resources. Not enough to go around. Such misery. Relieving half the people of their lives would avoid that suffering. However, history has shown people more educated tend to have less children. Fundamentally, birthrate is proportional to child mortality. A simple calculus. But most poignant is the use of the Infinity gauntlet to make so anything you imagine. The Reality Stone is enough for this. Why not imagine infinite resources? |
| jdbailey1206:
--- Quote from: Mr. Peabody on October 30, 2018, 01:44:15 am ---Why not imagine infinite resources? --- End quote --- Remember that Thanos is the Mad Titan. So lets break this down. Mad=crazy. Titan=stemming from Uranus. So he is a crazy ---uvula---. Otherwise he would go the other direction and use the gauntlet for good. Not evil. |
| Malenko:
Well it was changed to resource depletion instead of him killing to meet Lady Death. There was actually a well written piece about why doubling the resources wasn't a viable solution, but its not worth looking up. If you remove all need for a conflict you remove all need for a movie. I know that Thanos is the mad titan, but I always thought his name was derived from Thanatosis , the act of playing dead. |
| DrakeTungsten:
--- Quote from: Mr. Peabody on October 30, 2018, 01:44:15 am --- However, history has shown people more educated tend to have less children. Fundamentally, birthrate is proportional to child mortality. A simple calculus. --- End quote --- *Too* simple. Low birth-rate, low-childhood-mortality societies also tend to consume many times more resources per person. --- Quote ---But most poignant is the use of the Infinity gauntlet to make so anything you imagine. The Reality Stone is enough for this. Why not imagine infinite resources? --- End quote --- Because that is what the plot requires. I'm sure you remember the episode of I Dream of Jeannie where Tony acquired genie powers, and Jeannie warned him that if he uses the power to bring water to the desert, then he has to take responsibility for drying up a lake or two somewhere to do it. It was the one and only time there was any mention of consequences or adherence to any laws of physics. Point being, it's fiction, and there's plenty of answers you can dream up. Pretend they were considered and answered off-screen, and get back to enjoying watching gods punching each other. |
| nitrogen_widget:
He has to do it manually. By closing the fist on the infinity gauntlet. It wouldn't be an automated process and those resources need to be put somewhere. He would have to jump from planet to planet or depot to depot and resupply continuously. Eventually unlimited resources will lead to an even higher population explosion. Plus he will probably contract carpel tunnel. He would Truly have to be mad to want to make that his existence going forward. |
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