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  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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    2 months ago

    Chris Roberts demonstrated his understanding of space physics once, on camera, by doing a “swimming” motion to show how he’d maneuver in space. It was with Richard Garriot sitting next to him with a very what-the-hell face because even if he’s a grifting piece of shit, at least Garriot’s actually been in space and knows that’s silly.

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        2 months ago

        Really. I cannot get over what you said. he pretended to “swim”. What a ridiculous notion. You may have to be an Einstein-level genius to have thought for the first time in human history about the free-falling elevator shaft vs the elevator shaft with thrust that provides 9.8m/s^2 acceleration, but you don’t have to be an Einstein-level genius to understand an explanation of the idea.

        And if you’re making a game set in space maybe a cursory understanding of these things would be of interest to you?