Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
by wallaBBB on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @04:03PM
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After racing with each other to fuel political extremism or push the corporate narratives like how working from home is terrible for the worker or how good it is for us that the rich don’t pay the taxes, how unaffordable housing is good for the economy… this is what they choose to be careful about?
Nah, this just doesn’t sell or is not a paid article.
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
by fragmede on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @06:01PM
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The EmDrive was first publicized in 2001, but wasn't picked up by the mainstream media until 2013, and then again in 2016 after NASA picked it up. That Korean scientists have this discovery on their hands and the materials world is racing to keep up, and isn't frontpage of the New York Times, is editor's choice. Currently, that's Joseph Kahn, but (unfortunately) science ranks below politics and sports and business.
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
by stusmall on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @06:25PM
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It's hard to not let cynicism like this get to me especially when the argument makes so little sense. This doesn't sell? Isn't sensationalist enough? A possible end result of this is magic flying space trains. This isn't exactly some boring in the weeds things. This is extremely easy to hype if you just want to draw eye balls. But sure, yeah, MSM corporate plutocracy or whatever.
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
by mycologos on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:33PM
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It's possible that the people responsible for deciding what makes a a good article for the science section are different from the people responsible for the articles you mention.
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
by lucubratory on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:57PM
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I think this is true
I appreciate reputable news organizations as a reliable filter against noise out there on the internet. If I want early rumors I have sites like this. If I want something filtered, curated and focused, I go to them.