Re:Quantum friction explains strange way water flows through...
by 14 on Sunday February 06, 2022 @09:07PM
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Though fair to have a certain level of skepticism it is also important to think outside the box. A lot of technology has come from micro steps leading to bigger developments. I hear the Internal combustion engine was a spin off from perfume. The little spritzer atomized the perfume which led to the ability to do so with gasoline allowing the first engines to come to life. If these nanatubules with lead to a new computer design I don’t know but I am curious to see where the information leads to new discoveries.
The first rule of pop-sci coverage is that your fundamental discovery/study needs to have an application. It doesn't matter that the application is utter bullshit, it just needs to be there, and to be flashy, and to get people talking.
So, you look at your buzzword bingo sheet until you can portmanteau some piece of nonsense and you add that to the article.
It's achieved its purpose, because we are now talking about it. The more we talk about it, the more we encourage this sort of click-bait bullshit.