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Fictional Town "Eureka" To Become Real?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the next-terrorist-targets dept.

Zarath writes "The fictional town of Eureka (from the TV series by the same name) is going to potentially become a real life town as the University of Queensland, in Australia, plans to build a multibillion-dollar 'brain city' dedicated to science and research. The city, hoping to hold at least 10,000 people, is looking to attract 4,500 of the brightest scientists from around the world to live and work there. The city is planned to be built west of the city of Brisbane, in Queensland. While not funded by the Department of Defense (like the [city of the] TV series), the potential for such a community is very interesting and exciting."

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  1. We already have one... by trailerparkcassanova · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but we call ours Los Alamos...

    1. Re:We already have one... by osu-neko · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Aye-aye-aye! Name-calling — how sad... Given the government's wonderful successes in education, highway upkeep, and pensions — wanting it to also expand into healthcare — whose mental faculties are we supposed to question?

      Anyone who has an "all-or-nothing" mentality. Anyone who points to a few government successes and concludes the government has a Midas touch for making things work is clearly an idiot. Anyone who points to a few government failures and concludes the government never does anything right is equally idiotic. Sane and rational people look at the specifics of a proposal and decide whether it's a good idea or not, rather than immediately conclude it's a good idea or a bad idea based on whether it involves government or not.

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      "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."
  2. welcome to 50 years ago by bornyesterday · · Score: 5, Insightful

    the research triangle park

  3. goodluckwiththat by owlnation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So... you want intelligent people to move to Australia?

    This, being the same Australia that's introducing filtering and censorship to its entire Internet?

    Yeah, good luck with that... Oh, and enjoy your forthcoming Dark Age.

  4. Why is this a good idea? by Shaitan+Apistos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I haven't seen the show, so forgive me if the writers have handled my objections in some clever fashion in one of the episodes, but..

    I don't see the upside to this, it's easier now than ever before for people to collaborate remotely, negating much of the need for being in the same physical location.

    I do see a downside to this, putting all our intellectual eggs in one basket makes a pretty attractive target for terrorists, whether they be Islamic, Luddite, or some other group in the future that isn't particularly keen on progress or reason as a means of dealing with reality.

  5. you won't get a town full of smart people by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Insightful

    you'll get a town full of people who have a desperate and ego-driven need to be seen as smart

    kind of like joining mensa. anyone who needs that sort of attention and reinforcement is not exactly niels bohr

    the smart guys in any room are always low key and in the back, not attention whores

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