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Assuming LK99 is legitimate, my hope is that the principles that make it work are more broadly applicable - and with that, refined production processes or newer
by Panzer04 3y ago
Assuming LK99 is legitimate, my hope is that the principles that make it work are more broadly applicable - and with that, refined production processes or newer alloys can be found. Simply knowing that it's possible would lead to a huge amount of research immediately focusing on this kind of thing.
There's nothing more revolutionary than a discovery of a new class of materials. After all, we often name eras throughout our history after them :) (Stone age, etc)
- ant6n 3y ago> There's nothing more revolutionary than a discovery of a new class of materials. After all, we often name eras throughout our history after them :) (Stone age, etc) I wonder what was involved in the discovery of stone.
- vmilner 3y agoEvolution of enough intelligence to use stone as a club, or make an edge on flint for cutting?
- matusp 3y agoA rigorous peer review by graduate students.
- aurizon 3y agoI see the potential for a Far Side cartoon in that...
- kfarr 3y ago“Ooga ooga peer review…”
- marcusverus 3y agoAbstract: Our rigorous dialectic treatment shows that stone, while well suited for the smashing open of certain types of nut, is not well suited for any other purpose. Advocates from the more radical fringes of the tribe who suggest stone may be employed in varied areas such as warfare or even homebuilding(?!), are herein put in their proper place.
- DiogenesKynikos 3y agoThere are many different types of stones, and techniques for shaping them became progressively more sophisticated over time. With instruction, it would probably take you less than an hour to learn how to make the types of simple chopping stones that human ancestors used 1 million years ago. However, it takes much more considerable time and skill to learn how to make the types of stone tools humans were using 100k years ago. You get the sense that each group of ancient humans probably had an old expert toolmaker who passed on the trade to the next generation.
- tudorw 3y agohitting each other with every other available substance?
- justinclift 3y agoBeing in the wrong place, at the wrong time. ;)
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- DrScientist 3y agoI think the Ice age came before the stone age - can't imagine those tools lasted very long - so Stone tools would have been a big advance :-)
- ljf 3y agoIce ages tools : https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/frozen-poop-knives-dont-work-very-well-in-case-you-were-wondering https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/frozen-poop-kn...
- civilitty 3y ago> I wonder what was involved in the discovery of stone. Mostly archaic humans hitting rocks against each other until they notice that flint knapping [1] creates a sharp edge. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapping
- bluerooibos 3y ago2023, the beginning of the... Room Temperature Superconductor Age!
- Qworg 3y agoThe RTS Age has a good ring to it.
- Eduard 3y agoThe CuO25P6Pb9 Age