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> 3-D Printed Car Is as Strong as Steel ... This is simply false. If a plastic 3D print were "as strong as steel", then we could print an entire gun that would

by lutusp 14y ago

> 3-D Printed Car Is as Strong as Steel ... This is simply false. If a plastic 3D print were "as strong as steel", then we could print an entire gun that would fire more than one round. But we can't, because what comes out of plastic 3D printers is not remotely "as strong as steel". The title is hype, not reporting.

geon 14y ago
The article itself isn't even saying that. It mentions the bumpers, but they don't need to be strong. Actually, the best bumpers imho are the flexible plastic ones that just plop back out if someone bump into it ar the parking lot.
- lutusp 14y ago
  > The article itself isn't even saying that. If the title says it, it doesn't matter what the article says. My objection is to the title, and to the sleazy journalistic practice of promising something in the title that can't be supported by the article. "Cancer Finally Cured!" -> "researchers report modest progress in alleviating melanoma in cockroach fingernails." (just an example, not real) "Marijuana use leads to psychosis" -> "marijuana use correlated with a higher rate of psychosis" (this actually happened recently, multiple examples, but correlation is not causation) Link: "http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cannabis_and_psychosis http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pag... Quote: "Cannabis use can cause drug-induced psychosis, trigger the first episode of a psychotic illness, or make a pre-existing psychotic illness worse." It's entirely false, of course. There is no scientific evidence to support these claims. It's a classic case that confuses correlation with causation.
  - geon 14y ago
    > If the title says it, it doesn't matter what the article says. That was my point. The article title is sensationalistic without even the article itself supporting it.

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> 3-D Printed Car Is as Strong as Steel ... This is simply false. If a plastic 3D print were "as strong as steel", then we could print an entire gun that would

by lutusp 14y ago

geon 14y ago
The article itself isn't even saying that. It mentions the bumpers, but they don't need to be strong. Actually, the best bumpers imho are the flexible plastic ones that just plop back out if someone bump into it ar the parking lot.
- lutusp 14y ago
  > The article itself isn't even saying that. If the title says it, it doesn't matter what the article says. My objection is to the title, and to the sleazy journalistic practice of promising something in the title that can't be supported by the article. "Cancer Finally Cured!" -> "researchers report modest progress in alleviating melanoma in cockroach fingernails." (just an example, not real) "Marijuana use leads to psychosis" -> "marijuana use correlated with a higher rate of psychosis" (this actually happened recently, multiple examples, but correlation is not causation) Link: "http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cannabis_and_psychosis http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pag... Quote: "Cannabis use can cause drug-induced psychosis, trigger the first episode of a psychotic illness, or make a pre-existing psychotic illness worse." It's entirely false, of course. There is no scientific evidence to support these claims. It's a classic case that confuses correlation with causation.
  - geon 14y ago
    > If the title says it, it doesn't matter what the article says. That was my point. The article title is sensationalistic without even the article itself supporting it.