I hesitated a little on whether to post this, given that it has been pointed out that the curvature of a ringworld wouldn’t actually be that obvious from the inside, so it’s in tension with the spirit of rationality to post a picture that depicts something physically impossible.
Still, after almost posting this, then deleting it, then feeling like I wanted to post it anyway, I decided to just do it. As I feel that it captures a combination of joy and love of life co-existing with, and made possible by, science and rationality.
Many ringworld depictions I’ve seen have primarily been “about” the ringworld, whereas this seems to successfully push the fact into the background and focus more on a “bright future”-feeling. I talk to people who are not very much scientists so this kind of painting can help show why I attach so much positive valence to science’s potential, sort of.
I hesitated a little on whether to post this, given that it has been pointed out that the curvature of a ringworld wouldn’t actually be that obvious from the inside, so it’s in tension with the spirit of rationality to post a picture that depicts something physically impossible.
Still, after almost posting this, then deleting it, then feeling like I wanted to post it anyway, I decided to just do it. As I feel that it captures a combination of joy and love of life co-existing with, and made possible by, science and rationality.
Many ringworld depictions I’ve seen have primarily been “about” the ringworld, whereas this seems to successfully push the fact into the background and focus more on a “bright future”-feeling. I talk to people who are not very much scientists so this kind of painting can help show why I attach so much positive valence to science’s potential, sort of.