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You are not pessimistic. It's another one of those thing that have been only a few years away from commercialization for 20 years now. This is happening so oft
by Coincoin 10y ago
You are not pessimistic. It's another one of those thing that have been only a few years away from commercialization for 20 years now.
This is happening so often, there must be a name or a law for that.
- simonsarris 10y agoPessimistically, that name is "Stagnation Hypothesis" (edit, oops the term Peter Thiel/Tyler Cowen like is "Great Stagnation." See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_yJTCDU4uE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_yJTCDU4uE)
- 13of40 10y agoReminds me of a successful experiment where they caused mice to develop an immunity to plaque bacteria. I read about that in a dental training manual I found in a thrift shop about 20 years ago. Had photos of healthy rat teeth and everything.
- sobani 10y agoAccording to a researcher on a recent Radiolab episode[1], 99.6% of results on mice don't replicate to humans. I assume for rats a similar figure applies. [1] http://www.radiolab.org/story/bringing-gamma-back http://www.radiolab.org/story/bringing-gamma-back (about treating Alzheimer’s disease with light)