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> they’d also fund insane-risk pie-in-the-sky academia dreams Just out of curiosity, can you throw a couple of examples?
by krick 1y ago
> they’d also fund insane-risk pie-in-the-sky academia dreams
Just out of curiosity, can you throw a couple of examples?
- woah 1y agoParticle accelerators?
- hoppp 1y agoThose I think serve a good purpose. We can discover the universe one atom smashed at a time. It's non-profit and would not exist without external funding. The discussion is more about businesses I think.
- zmb_ 1y agoThe Human Brain Project comes to mind.
- Borg3 1y agoITER and cold fussion. Its either impossible (my opinion) or far too early. ITER itself will not even produce single watt of electricity. Its PoC for net positive energy gain from cold fussion (we will see...)
- BlueTemplar 1y agoITER has nothing to do with cold fusion. And all cold fusion attempts so far ended up as scams.