[HN Gopher] A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has p...
___________________________________________________________________
A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
Author : agonz253
Score : 19 points
Date : 2023-08-09 21:52 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
| lifeisstillgood wrote:
| I think the ... hoo-ha ... online is going to have at least one
| positive effect - a greater interest in and funding of basic
| research.
|
| The Western world could double its science budget tomorrow and
| not notice the line item cost, and should probably double it's
| education budget while we are there (which we would notice but
| that's kind of the point).
|
| We don't know where the next break through will come from, but
| well educated well funded researchers is the one thing we do know
| we need.
| the_optimist wrote:
| Headlines are bad for your well-being and development, and
| reporters are meatheads of communication. Are you open-minded and
| comfortable living close to the edge of the unknown? That's
| science! Science good!
| rq1 wrote:
| Who is Science?
| RGamma wrote:
| * * *
| rsfern wrote:
| I think it's unfortunate how the headline frames it like the
| original claim is somehow separate from the observe-hypothesize-
| experiment-explain loop of science. It's also bit overconfident
| IMO - we totally still don't have a handle on what's actually
| going on, even if the evidence for room temperature
| superconductivity isn't looking great. There's still new
| preprints coming out every day
___________________________________________________________________
(page generated 2023-08-09 23:01 UTC)