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"Fusion is always 30 years away" is a heuristic that almost always works. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/heuristics-that-almost-always-work https://astra
by khafra 5y ago
"Fusion is always 30 years away" is a heuristic that almost always works.
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/heuristics-that-almost-always-work https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/heuristics-that-almost...
- mcswell 5y agoWe did nuclear fusion in 1952. Controlled nuclear fusion--and producing more power out than goes in--that's another matter.
- Wiseacre 5y agoWe haven't even been splitting atoms for a full century yet. Give science some goddamn time to work.
- andrepd 5y agoNot to mention we haven't invested a fiftieth of what we should have into fusion research.
- sroussey 5y agoMore money goes to subsidizing almonds.
- vbezhenar 5y ago20 century progress was so crazy that people got all the kinds of unrealistic expectations.
- kaibee 5y agoNot reading the article in the link you're replying to is a heuristic that almost always works ;)
- orangepurple 5y agoThis is an excellent read, thanks for sharing
- NoGravitas 5y ago"Assuming anything Scott Alexander Siskin says is wrong" is also a heuristic that almost always works.