what is your technical analysis of the problems with the proposed approach ?https://twitter.com/Tinkzorg/status/1457676111131860995 …
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4/ ...and government and academic R&D projects look at expenses at a BENEFIT. Endless R&D is ideal. Look at academic/gov spacetravel vs free market (SpaceX) Look at academic/gov gene sequencing vs free market etc etc etc I think it's a decent bet.
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5/ I think the chance of Thiel, who's a genius, and who can get the absolute best technical briefings on the planet, understanding the technical constraints and opportunities better than you (or me) is 100%.https://twitter.com/Tinkzorg/status/1457678184581849098 …
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6/ yes, I agree with that the news is written by journalists who are reading press releases by academic hacks it's uselesshttps://twitter.com/LudditeHacker/status/1457679006418051074 …
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7/ absolutely Thiel bets on fusion if the payoff is high enough to justify the low chance of success. I'm not arguing that fusion is guaranteed, or will happen in 5 years. I'm arguing that Thiel is making good decisions.https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit/status/1457680093980024834 …
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8/ yes, it IS an appeal to Thiel's authority or, as I like to think of it, Bayesianism > Thiel's chances of reaching a specialized physician's level of knowledge is very low. I don't respect physicians as much as you dohttps://twitter.com/Tinkzorg/status/1457680392543248394 …
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I don't think the point was that reactors can't work. Just that they currently are nowhere near as close as you might think based on the news.
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My takeaway from that video is that there's a man named Dr. Bigot.
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