Comment on Which would you rather do, create art or summon rain?
livus@kbin.social 6 months ago
I feel like you're asking me would I give up the ability to make art in order to gain the ability to make rain.
Yes. Yes I would. I would be sad but saving lives would be worth it. I can think of dozens of drought regions that desperately need rain.
That probably makes it a guarantee, but I think it would paint an enormous target on your back for governments or worse to want to experiment on you.
I think I'd agree with you and I'd want to blow up on social media first ensuring that if anything were to happen to me, like a sudden disappearance, that it would be easily noticed and there'd be uproar.
But maybe we can do it without anyone seeing? Like just turn up as a tourist (or NGO volunteer), wait a few weeks, then secretly make it rain.
I have a feeling it’d be a monkeys paw of sorts. Summoning rain would fuck up some part of an ecosystem.
nuggsy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This was my thought process as well.
I did consider whether making good art could help fund other global issues, but I think there’s too many variables. Whereas being able to make it rain would have an arguably more immediate impact.
Can we also control when to turn it off? xD
livus@kbin.social 6 months ago
That's a good point! This could be some real monkey's paw stuff. Or if it has knock-on effects to global weather patterns.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Just make it rain over part of the Sahara. Even if it never turns off, you’re still fine