The main character in I, Robot is Dr. Susan Calvin. It also features Donovan and Powell. Elijah is from the robot trilogy, which happens centuries after I, Robot.
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I would say the only thing the movie has in common with the book is that it mentions the book's main character and the laws of robotics. The book is all about weird behavior of robots that actually obey the laws but the movie just treats them as some corporate doublespeak.
Growing it in a lab is likely worse that growing it in an animal. Synthetic imitations are the only efficient replacement.
I calculated at one point that if you ride a bike instead of a car but replenish the calories with pure beef, it is better to ride the car. So diet matters.
Funny how we've regressed back to a state where you can only believe things you have seen with your own eyes. (And things in books, papers and old-school websites.)
Of course there is a limit. The question is how high it is. For instance, at high enough CO2 concentrations, the greenhouse effect doesn't get much stronger anymore. Also, the more CO2, the faster it dissapears by eroding rocks. That happens on a geological timescale, though.
If we did something to lower temperature, I'd be very worried about the CO2 concentration's other effect: feeling like suffocating all the time.
I found the first part of Gravity's Rainbow a very fun ride. But I took a break at that point as it is very slow to read and I wouldn't want to interrupt it mid-part. I was impressed that it was able to explain mathematical concepts in simple yet correct ways, which is rare in books let alone books this crazy.
Finnegans Wake on the other hand I haven't even given a serious try. Spelling words as you see fit is too much for me.
Factorio has the best modding API and user experience out there.
Some mods are not possible due to no native code mods but the devs add things to the modding API for every reasonable request.
You can patch bugs but a buggy game will never be like Factorio. Also, fanmade fixes tend to introduce some wonkyness.
PoE could be very good for you then.
In the campaign you can do basically anything. If you are too weak, you just need to know some very basic mechanics of the game and do some problem solving. I often use three different setups and pick my favourite one.
In the endgame, you can do absolutely crazy stuff, as you can equip all unique items by then. There are viable builds that basically nobody knows about.
One thing you need to know about the game is that you should aim to be able to one shot normal enemies. If you can't, you need to make adjustments soon.
Unfortunately these people can't distinguish actual science from bad science or completely made up things that claim to be based on science.