The Daddy Complex

If you had unlimited money and the brains to carry out scientific research on any topic at all, what would you research and why?

Asked by thenerdangels

I know I always say “ask me anything,” but you people do know this is a parenting blog, right? I guess my answer could be parenting related… but, it’s not.

If I had unlimited money, incredible smarts and felt like wasting those two things on scientific research instead of buying some vast Caribbean island on which I would do nothing but read Dashiell Hammett novels and use discarded pizza boxes to construct elaborate dioramas depicting scenes from the Battle of Arretium, I would probably try to perfect this whole jet pack thing.

Contrary to complaints, they do exist, but they’re super heavy and use large propellers instead of jets. As I once said regarding this subject: The future is here and it blows. I want a working version of the kind The Rocketeer uses, so I would spent countless millions trying to work out how to make a jet that burns cold rather than hot, so we can finally fly to work without burning our khakis.

Either that or I’d cure cancer or something.

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