My guess about why this was downvoted would be that the downvoters, somewhat presumptuously, are assuming from the “If we’re alive in 5 years” part that you have very short timelines, they think this is foolish, and for that reason dislike the post.
FWIW, if that is in fact what happened, I very much disapprove of it. It isn’t crazy to have such short timelines. Plenty of reputable people take seriously the idea that timelines can be this short. I think it is reasonable to downvote people for posting about ideas that are incredibly implausible, but I think it is extremely hard to argue that such short timelines are that implausible.
My guess about why this was downvoted would be that the downvoters, somewhat presumptuously, are assuming from the “If we’re alive in 5 years” part that you have very short timelines, they think this is foolish, and for that reason dislike the post.
FWIW, if that is in fact what happened, I very much disapprove of it. It isn’t crazy to have such short timelines. Plenty of reputable people take seriously the idea that timelines can be this short. I think it is reasonable to downvote people for posting about ideas that are incredibly implausible, but I think it is extremely hard to argue that such short timelines are that implausible.
I thought so too. I’m actually not sure about timelines, I just wanted to not rule out the possibility.