China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds - eviltoast
  • CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Why do people assume that scientists don’t sanity check themselves? Genuine question, no offense to the OC here.

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      “guys, I know we’ve been working on this for decades, but I’ve been going over this first-year textbook, and I have some bad news…”

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      Cause maybe they assume scientists are hyping things up like VCs for AI.

      In a dishonest world, the honest would be mistrusted more.