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I wish some of these companies would go into fusion/fission for the research of it. Sure, going for a commercially viable model gives you more investment, but a

I wish some of these companies would go into fusion/fission for the research of it. Sure, going for a commercially viable model gives you more investment, but all these silicon valley rich guys trying to save the world should also invest on some research. I get it, you can't start a fusion company without R&D so there will be some anyways, but I feel like the research angle needs some love too. I am pretty sure we haven't understood everything there is to understand, and it won't hurt. Tangential thought, CERN has crazy amount of data. Do you think Machine Learning has any role in nuclear/particle physics?

tinco 10y ago
As rich as they are, not many have the funds to build a nuclear reactor. Even one's that have been fully designed and based on traditional design still cost billions to build. Of course, they also said that about rockets and look where SpaceX is, but there definitely are a lot of bears on the road.
- pm90 10y ago
  > Of course, they also said that about rockets and look where SpaceX is, but there definitely are a lot of bears on the road. Ehhhhhh....I hate to bring this up repeatedly but SpaceX would not exist without NASA. Which brings us to the role of government in research: its not necessarily to own everything, but it is provide incentives in one way or the other. To create a Market where none existed previously.
lokimedes 10y ago
> Tangential thought, CERN has crazy amount of data. Do you think Machine Learning has any role in nuclear/particle physics? Absolutely, its an integrated part of anything from physics analysis to detector alignment and accelerator control. Tools of the trade: https://root.cern.ch https://root.cern.ch http://tmva.sourceforge.net http://tmva.sourceforge.net (Former particle physicist at CERN)

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I wish some of these companies would go into fusion/fission for the research of it. Sure, going for a commercially viable model gives you more investment, but a

by itchyjunk 10y ago

tinco 10y ago
As rich as they are, not many have the funds to build a nuclear reactor. Even one's that have been fully designed and based on traditional design still cost billions to build. Of course, they also said that about rockets and look where SpaceX is, but there definitely are a lot of bears on the road.
- pm90 10y ago
  > Of course, they also said that about rockets and look where SpaceX is, but there definitely are a lot of bears on the road. Ehhhhhh....I hate to bring this up repeatedly but SpaceX would not exist without NASA. Which brings us to the role of government in research: its not necessarily to own everything, but it is provide incentives in one way or the other. To create a Market where none existed previously.
lokimedes 10y ago
> Tangential thought, CERN has crazy amount of data. Do you think Machine Learning has any role in nuclear/particle physics? Absolutely, its an integrated part of anything from physics analysis to detector alignment and accelerator control. Tools of the trade: https://root.cern.ch https://root.cern.ch http://tmva.sourceforge.net http://tmva.sourceforge.net (Former particle physicist at CERN)