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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by khafra on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:05AM (#30274269)
"Fusion is always 30 years away" is a heuristic that almost always works. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/heuristics-that-almost...
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by Wiseacre on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:38AM (#30274700)
We haven't even been splitting atoms for a full century yet. Give science some goddamn time to work.
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by vbezhenar on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:20PM (#30275222)
20 century progress was so crazy that people got all the kinds of unrealistic expectations.
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by andrepd on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @11:59AM (#30274950)
Not to mention we haven't invested a fiftieth of what we should have into fusion research.
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by sroussey on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:20PM (#30275221)
More money goes to subsidizing almonds.
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by kaibee on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:56PM (#30275747)
Not reading the article in the link you're replying to is a heuristic that almost always works ;)
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by mcswell on Friday February 11, 2022 @12:08AM (#30297252)
We did nuclear fusion in 1952. Controlled nuclear fusion--and producing more power out than goes in--that's another matter.
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by orangepurple on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:03PM (#30274998)
This is an excellent read, thanks for sharing
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by NoGravitas on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:18PM (#30276088)
"Assuming anything Scott Alexander Siskin says is wrong" is also a heuristic that almost always works.
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