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>Very disappointed by the discourse in this HN thread. The same old quips over and over. We see these comments on every science thread because almost all of th
by SantalBlush 4y ago
>Very disappointed by the discourse in this HN thread. The same old quips over and over.
We see these comments on every science thread because almost all of these people lack the requisite expertise to weigh in on the actual details, so instead they make a high-level criticism to give the appearance of having some kind of knowledge on the subject. Moreover, they think that crapping on things equates to being a critical thinker, and have convinced one another that this is so.
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- wingworks 4y agoThey're probably going by past experience in other tech products, which get development news but then you never heard about it again, or, if your lucky it hits consumer markets like 10 years later. I have no experience in fusion, so can't comment on that either way.
- hinkley 4y agoI have thirty years of experience with people telling me we’re really close on fusion. Next year or the one after will mark my 30th anniversary of having heard the phrase, “fusion is 30 years away and always will be.” If the people working on it today want to make beef with someone, they should complain to the people who have been lying for long enough that a joke about it is at least three decades old. If the real problem is that the only way we’ve gotten funding for this is to keep misleading politicians on how long the remaining road is, that’s fine, but once you’re known for lying - intergenerationally - how on earth do you expect the general public to take anything you say seriously?
- hyperbovine 4y agoI regret that I have but one upvote to give.
- anshumankmr 4y agoQuite true. And this is something I have been quite guilty of myself.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago> because almost all of these people lack the requisite expertise to weigh in on the actual details You mean, starting from the journalists writing the articles?