Re:Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
by doctoboggan on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:46PM
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I forget the actual quote, but there is a saying that if an old esteemed scientist says something is possible, they are almost certainly right. If they say something is impossible, they may be wrong.
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Re:Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
by lamontcg on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:25AM
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You'll see a bunch of old scientists saying a legitimate revolutionary breakthrough is bullshit, but you didn't see the other 99 times they called bullshit correctly.
Re:Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
by Evidlo on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:07AM
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That's why it's called LK-99
Re:Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
by jacquesm on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:55AM
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One to go then.
Re:Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
by jcranmer on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:52AM
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Actually, the 99 apparently comes from its year of discovery, 1999.
No, I don't know why it took over two decades for their discoverers to figure out it was a room-temperature superconductor.
Re:Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
by ghaff on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:53PM
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Don’t know if it’s the original source but Arthur C. Clarke had an even more definitive quote along those lines.
Re:Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
by iancmceachern on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:40AM
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"1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." A. C. Clark
I particularly love #3