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> I think there are multiple big reasons they didn't publish sooner. It is pretty clear that they were convinced, but had insufficient evidence to convince othe

> I think there are multiple big reasons they didn't publish sooner. It is pretty clear that they were convinced, but had insufficient evidence to convince others. Additionally there had recently been a sensational fraud in their field so journals would have been extremely sceptical. But hasn't it been 24 years since they discovered LK-99? Or am I missing something? If that's true wouldn't it be a tragic shame that it wasn't revealed earlier, so that progress and applications could occur?

shepardrtc 3y ago
I can't wait to read the history of this material. 24 years... I can only imagine the conversations and drama surrounding it.
fwipsy 3y ago
It was originally discovered in 1999 but was shelved for over a decade due to insufficient funding. As I understand it, they only received funding in 2018 and became more confident in their discovery after that. Here is some (speculative?) backstory: https://twitter.com/8teAPi/status/1684385895565365248 https://twitter.com/8teAPi/status/1684385895565365248 It is a tragic shame in hindsight, but no doubt there are many earth-shattering discoveries lying within reach, if only we knew where to look.
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- MetaWhirledPeas 3y ago
  Thanks for the link. Assuming it's accurate it sounds like the 24-year delay was just a bit of misfortune.
- fennecfoxy 3y ago
  I agree, the world still doesn't really care about science. And yet everyone's living lives that are all the more better because of science. It's a human problem, we only care about what happens to us or our tribe and most of our focus is not very forward looking. We're better than other animals as evolution favoured us looking just a little more forward than other animals, but now we have to escape the timekeeping of our meaty flesh and think "if we dump money into science then this generation will get some cool stuff and the next will get a shit tonne of cool stuff".

shepardrtc 3y ago

I can't wait to read the history of this material. 24 years... I can only imagine the conversations and drama surrounding it.

fwipsy 3y ago

It was originally discovered in 1999 but was shelved for over a decade due to insufficient funding. As I understand it, they only received funding in 2018 and became more confident in their discovery after that. Here is some (speculative?) backstory: https://twitter.com/8teAPi/status/1684385895565365248 https://twitter.com/8teAPi/status/1684385895565365248 It is a tragic shame in hindsight, but no doubt there are many earth-shattering discoveries lying within reach, if only we knew where to look.

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MetaWhirledPeas 3y ago
Thanks for the link. Assuming it's accurate it sounds like the 24-year delay was just a bit of misfortune.
fennecfoxy 3y ago
I agree, the world still doesn't really care about science. And yet everyone's living lives that are all the more better because of science. It's a human problem, we only care about what happens to us or our tribe and most of our focus is not very forward looking. We're better than other animals as evolution favoured us looking just a little more forward than other animals, but now we have to escape the timekeeping of our meaty flesh and think "if we dump money into science then this generation will get some cool stuff and the next will get a shit tonne of cool stuff".