A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
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A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
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Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#2I 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.
Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#3Headlines 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!
Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#4Who is Science?
Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#5I 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
Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#6Who is Science?
They
Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#7Always fun to see how sone entirely apolitical scientific ‘event’ gets processed by the mainstream news publication machine into some inaccurate sensationalist BS.
Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#8Who is Science?
Whoever the “mainstream” headline columnists approve as the voice allowed in a given day. It changes everyday.
Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#9How on earth did this make it to the front page given everything else that's happened related to this on the front page every. damn. day?
Re: A superconductor claim blew up online. Science has punctured it
#10I 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
It's the layman's definition of science. As of [current date] humans know everything, and anything not fitting the current world view is wrong. Often perpetuated by people who are not scientists.