what is your technical analysis of the problems with the proposed approach ?https://twitter.com/Tinkzorg/status/1457676111131860995 …
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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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At the end of the day, this is an appeal to Thiel's authority as a genius. Note that I didn't say "understand better", I said "understand the finer points". The distinction is important: Thiel's chances of reaching a specialized physician's level of knowledge is very low.
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Medical advice for the feasibility of fusion, when?
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Also has the motivation to put real time into understanding instead of internet dilettante time
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also, the video talked about waste heat, and how only half the energy that the machine takes actually goes into plasma...well...that waste heat is exactly what a power station uses ... so that damned well does count towards the output energy
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