A claim of 'little practical significance' conflates present engineering limitations with permanent physical impossibility, a modal error that philosophers of science from Peirce onward have warned against in assessments of scientific possibility.

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Charles Sanders Peirce(referenced as historical precedent): An American philosopher and logician (1839-1914) who made important contributions to understanding scientific reasoning and warned against confusing practical limitations with actual impossibilities.
Engineering limitations(as contrasted with physical impossibility): The practical obstacles that prevent us from building or doing something right now, like lack of materials, technology, or knowledge—but these obstacles could potentially be overcome in the future.
Modal error(as used in philosophy of science): A mistake in reasoning where you confuse what's currently impossible (due to limitations we have right now) with what's impossible in principle (due to laws of physics or logic). For example, confusing 'we can't build that yet' with 'it can never be built.'
Philosophy of science(as used in the statement): The branch of philosophy that examines how science works, what counts as scientific knowledge, and what science can and cannot tell us about reality.

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