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It's one of those posts where I feel unqualified to judge if am facing brilliance or a mount Everest sized pile of hubris.
by varjag 5y ago
It's one of those posts where I feel unqualified to judge if am facing brilliance or a mount Everest sized pile of hubris.
- belval 5y agoYou and me both, fusion is this thing that I wish I could drop everything and work on, because it would be world-changing, but at this point we see a new fusion reactor design/startup every other month and nothing viable so far. In this environment it's hard not to see all of this as snake oil.
- hobscoop 5y agoThere are more plausible and less plausible concepts/companies out there. Helion in particular was founded by respectable scientists who have a background in plasma physics, and they've developed their idea pretty quietly for the last 10 years, only de-stealthing this summer (presumably after reaching a key milestone). What they're trying to do is difficult, but I wouldn't say it's snake oil.
- deft 5y agoHis other recent investment is the glowing orb worldcoin. I think its safe to say the second, and in the off chance it works, put it down as luck.