Trope Talk: Big Dumb Objects!
Why yes, this IS an excuse to talk about how cool the concept of a Ringworld is! Thank you for asking!
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There's been a recent paper that says ring world can be stable in some configurations: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12806
The BDO in ‘Rendezvous with Rama’ is the only good thing about that tedious book.
Me watching the first few minutes of this video. "Oh no! I'm writing an adventure focused on explorers finding an ancient long gone civilization. I hope I didn't just do a colonialism!" *Thinks for one second* "my ancient civilization is made up of robots, my main character explicitly respects robots and treats them like people even though most modern bots aren't sapient, and I've written multiple scenes where discovering the tragedy of how the ancient civ collapsed actually makes the characters upset.... I think I dodged that bullet. But definitely a good thing to keep in mind moving forward."
Sounds like a fun read!
I love a good "Red yaps about space" video
Was thinking “oh a Ringworld sounds cool to check out.” Then you explaining the science of it shifted that “Absolutely not!”
Author (*inspired by science idea): And now I release Book 1! Author (*after being updated by engineer): And now I release Book 2! Author (*after being updated by scientist): And now I release Book 3! Author (*after being updated by mathematician): And now I release Book 4!
Hooray! A Trope Talk where Red talks about me!