Laughing about the prospects for fusion might actually be a mistake:http://gizmodo.com/nuclear-fusion-has-broken-even-for-the-first-time-ever-1442376955 …
@MattOlver The joke goes, "It was going to happen in 30 years 60 years ago." Bad predictions for sure, but is the technology truly stuck?
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@MattOlver The arguments are quite general, and yet incredibly informal. Can we know that X is physically possible but technically hopeless?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Outsideness My friend talks about experimental ideas he has, and he thinks breakthroughs will be made. He worked at Los Alamos. -
@MattOlver That's good. It would be mind-crushingly depressing to be a fusion expert who found the whole business utterly Quixotic.
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@Outsideness Costs are prohibitive without the most advanced technology. Getting the experimental reactions to stop is an involved process. -
@MattOlver "Getting the experimental reactions to stop is an involved process." -- Can I steal that to threaten progressives with? - 1 more reply
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