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Re:Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo by m4r35n357 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @12:51PM (#21937740)
OK you don't sound convinced; let's try another way of putting it. If it were any use, scientists would be using it. They are very practical like that.
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Re:Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo by theaino on Thursday January 02, 2020 @01:43PM (#21938301)
> They are very practical like that.

Or not. "Science advances one funeral at a time."

Related HN discussion from a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21911225

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Re:Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo by m4r35n357 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @01:54PM (#21938431)
Should I have said "physicists"?
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Re:Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo by theaino on Thursday January 02, 2020 @02:03PM (#21938547)
It wouldn't help your case since that's a paraphrasing of this quote from Max Planck:

“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”

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Re:Giant magnetic ropes seen in Whale Galaxy's halo by m4r35n357 on Thursday January 02, 2020 @03:04PM (#21939214)
. . . but only if it _works_, which is the point I was making.
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