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"There aren't any top physicists working on this project" isn't really enough to dismiss it outright. The number of brilliant physicists is much greater than th
by titanomachy 12y ago
"There aren't any top physicists working on this project" isn't really enough to dismiss it outright. The number of brilliant physicists is much greater than the number of top physicists, so it's not unheard of for major developments to come from someone who's not yet highly recognized. McGuire's an MIT Ph.D, so it's likely he's not a complete idiot.
I hope they have some novel ideas about neutron containment, though, otherwise you're right and this is project is not likely to yield the first economical fusion reactor.
- trhway 12y ago>McGuire's an MIT Ph.D, so it's likely he's not a complete idiot. obviously. The proposed reactor looks exactly like a great PhD thesis with honors - a novel field configuration proposed which allows to reach beta of one. The rest of the whole system is given only cursory treatment. In particular how about a "neutron absorbing blanket" in a business-jet size envelope?
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