this whole topic is very odd.
the way people respond is quite strange.
People who want it, invoke portents of doom.
And people who don’t, misrepresent difficulties in achieving it as gigantic impossibilities, so don’t even try, and you’re dumb for suggesting it.
The amount of emotion connected to this, and the know it all vibes seem quite weird and out of place.
it’s a curiosity
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I didn't use the word "dumb".
I prefer to think they haven't given thought to the practicalities of retrospectively changing data that was broadcast in an open ecosystem that already has bad actors inside the walls.
It is like seeing Stargate and saying we should build those and explore the universe... It would be great, maybe it is even possible with technology advanced enough—who knows, but right now I can't imagine it could be done. It is not dumb to ask for something like that per se, but it doesn't change the fact that it can't be done.
