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> * Is anyone else feeling feeling tired of these security posts that have scary titles but literally no real world impact?* Researchers, regardless of the dis
by smnrchrds 6y ago
> * Is anyone else feeling feeling tired of these security posts that have scary titles but literally no real world impact?*
Researchers, regardless of the discipline, often work at the edge of what's possible, not what's practical. Decade after decade, we have consumed news about researchers finding ways to cure cancer, immunize against HIV, break encryption with quantum computing, etc. It will be a couple more decades before any of these endeavours come to fruition. Just remember how long researchers have been working on quantum computers and how much longer they need to work to create something even remotely useful.
Science news hints how the world might look like half a century or a century in the future, not next year. For that, you need to read corporate announcements.
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoThats fair. I just get the vibe that these articles are less about sharing research and more about drumming up fear to get more eyes on their post/organisation.
- abhayhegde 6y agoA thoughtful comment. Much of the research carried now is a part of immediate future, only in research field. For example, suppose we develop a way to encode information as states of electron spin. This opens a huge avenues for quantum computing, although only at the level of labs. To bring out a user product onto a market, that is a whole different story and complicated deal of various factors and fields, independent of research. It makes sense it takes decades or even half a century to roll out considerable paradigm shifts.