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Vistulange wrote:

The Serbian Empire wrote:If this can be harnessed for hours, we can power the world.

Because we humans have shown incredible capacity to use such things for peaceful uses first.

Nope, we definitely have to blow up a few things and perhaps cause horrible accidents before we learn our lesson.

Sadly this is true but we have not YET done anything harmful with this laser in particular. MAYBE just maybe we could actually do something good for everyone first for a change. If we are super luck (like win the lottery lucky) they may never use it as a weapon.

Hmmm, could this be used to kick-start a fusion reactor?

Shamhnan Insir wrote:Hmmm, could this be used to kick-start a fusion reactor?

Starting the reaction is easy. Keeping it going? THAT is hard.

Dragvania wrote:

Vistulange wrote:Because we humans have shown incredible capacity to use such things for peaceful uses first.

Nope, we definitely have to blow up a few things and perhaps cause horrible accidents before we learn our lesson.

Sadly this is true but we have not YET done anything harmful with this laser in particular. MAYBE just maybe we could actually do something good for everyone first for a change. If we are super luck (like win the lottery lucky) they may never use it as a weapon.

Why do you believe this is a weapons test?

There are much more practical energy weapons than picosecond-flashing lasers.