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Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by carabiner on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:49PM (#36978138)
No I mean why is this "huge" when each time that's happened it's been deflated within 12 hours:

- initial LK-99 paper upload on Arxiv: HUGE, then it's probably nothing until replication (waiting)

- DFT release: HUGE, then probably nothing (DFT has poor predictive power)

- 110K SC: HUGE, then ... ?

In every case it's been the laymen saying HUGE, then the experts saying it's probably insignificant. Then the laymen settle on what the experts said.

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Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by throwanem on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:16PM (#36978501)
Derek Lowe is a layman? I grant his specialism doesn't precisely match the field, but it's easily close enough I'd expect him to be able to smell bullshit on this if there was any, and his latest "In the Pipeline" suggests much more the scent of roses.
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Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by whimsicalism on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:10AM (#36981633)
Derek Lowe is saying 'this is maybe possible', commentators on Hacker News are saying 'this is practically a done deal, and here are the implications'
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Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by tigershark on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:03PM (#36978320)
Why are you always trying to ignore every new positive result since the beginning? Maybe because you are scared of getting called out for throwing literal sh*t at what it seems to be a very fundamental discovery in the worst case and in the best case a world changing, nobel prize worth research?
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Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by lannisterstark on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @08:30PM (#36979788)
It is not that they are throwing s** at it, but rather that none of you have actually explained why this is actually "huge," as you have been saying multiple times but without actually providing any concrete examples. "It is huge, trust me bro," isn't it.
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