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Information Junky
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
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It's called Virtue Signaling; and has been a snow-balling trend of the last decade, or so.
People want to signal that they too think that the idea of a future with free-power cars and easy trips to Mars exists; so they rail against the non-emotional pragmatists (those whom aren't impressed) to display their superior virtue.
BTW, I'm all for Matt Damon going to Mars for real. I think that dose of reality would be awesome. --I should make some colorful wristbands for the cause. ...maybe even a ribbon. Perhaps, some sort of overlay for Faceplant avatars.
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Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong.
Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth.
More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee. 
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