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Is there not a single dimension in which the paper is novel? If not, it seems like a mistake to publish this.
by fanzhang 5y ago
Is there not a single dimension in which the paper is novel? If not, it seems like a mistake to publish this.
- redmare80 5y agoIt's novel, it's a huge iteration in the space. But, it's also being misrepresented as more significant than it is due to the summary being friendly to laypeople.
- echelon 5y agoNot my area of expertise, but something can be academically novel and interesting without having any commercial or industrial applicability.
- amelius 5y agoIsn't this what usually happens when the PR department of a university runs away with a story?
- 908B64B197 5y agoNot really. It's a different approach with different tradeoffs that are just as bad as the previously known ones. That's probably why it wasn't picked up by a better journal and that nobody outside of the university where it happened is talking about it.
- joeberon 5y agoLaser and Photonics Reviews is an excellent journal