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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Mar 12

    Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say MIT scientistshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/nuclear-fusion-on-brink-of-being-realised-say-mit-scientists …

    7:21 AM - 12 Mar 2018
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      2. OxoBorax‏ @MrHuman334 Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Every tech breakthrough is always 15 years away. It's a nice number between 10, which is too close and obviously false, and 20, which is too far away to be interesting.

        3 replies 2 retweets 19 likes
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      1. Razumikhin‏ @Prokofyich Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @benshapiro

        I hear other parts of the solar system have been doing it for literally decades. Big if true.

        0 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
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      1. Scipio_Afrikanus‏ @Magcart1215 Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Haha this has literally been the headline about Fusion for the past 50 years.

        0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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      1. poziflip‏ @poziflip Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Are we there yet? 😂

        0 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
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      2. Thomas J. O'Donnell‏ @RightField75 Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @benshapiro

        ...what happens to the fused molecules??? are they radioactive & how do they get disposed of???...

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Nick Henderlong‏ @NickHenderlong Mar 12
        Replying to @RightField75 @sapinker @benshapiro

        The byproduct of nuclear fusion is helium

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Howard Wiseman‏ @HowSmart Mar 12
        Replying to @NickHenderlong @RightField75 and

        Coming in 16 Years: The Squeaky Voice Crisis.

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      2. Zachary Fieldsend‏ @Zach_Fieldsend Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        @androidgillis !!!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Andrew GIllis‏ @androidgillis Mar 12
        Replying to @Zach_Fieldsend

        Perpetually 15 years away

        0 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. Andrew Korf‏ @AndrewKorf Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        @elgc45 wow! Listen to pinker tomorrow night @longnow

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Emerson Leandro‏ @elgc45 Mar 13
        Replying to @AndrewKorf @sapinker @longnow

        Dude get me a Long Now membership so I can watch this live! :( Is there a free link anywhere?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Long Now‏Verified account @longnow Mar 13
        Replying to @elgc45 @AndrewKorf @sapinker

        You can join Long Now for less than the price of a movie ticket ($8/month) and watch 2 or 3 long-term thinking lectures every month. And we appreciate the support! https://longnow.org/membership/ 

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Andrew Korf‏ @AndrewKorf Mar 13
        Replying to @longnow @elgc45 @sapinker

        We’re having a viewing party.. ive been a member for a while. Im sorry to miss this talk in person!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Long Now‏Verified account @longnow Mar 13
        Replying to @AndrewKorf @elgc45 @sapinker

        Glad you can be there online! Hope you will submit questions for @stewartbrand to ask onstage.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Andrew Korf‏ @AndrewKorf Mar 13
        Replying to @longnow @elgc45 and

        I would love to know what steven’s best guess at the likelyhood of #fusion being a substantial part of our energy mix in 10 - 15 years?

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Get 5 wins‏ @Y4LYFE Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker @benshapiro

        Utah discovered it decades ago

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Roger Thornhill‏ @rogthornhill Mar 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        Superb news. This can bring forwards cheaper, clean, unlimited baseload energy. The prospects for human prosperity and elimination of extreme poverty have improved

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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