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Re:Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300M, then things got messy by lazyjones on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:00PM (#21098126)
> I'm pretty sure $50Bn could get us Fusion. Instead it got us slightly better taxis.

It's not construction work, you can't just hire more people to speed up research. When you have the top 50 or so scientists in the field, you just need to wait for results.

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Re:Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300M, then things got messy by niketdesai on Saturday September 28, 2019 @01:26AM (#21098639)
The CFS group at MIT is trying to build a larger test reactor to show Q > 1 results. In some cases, it is a matter of scaling up (construction work) a hypothesis.

Agreed on your research point within the context of one approach in one company.

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