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Was fun while it lasted! Will be interesting watching the internal story of the original lab unfold as it all becomes public eventually.
by cfcf14 3y ago
Was fun while it lasted! Will be interesting watching the internal story of the original lab unfold as it all becomes public eventually.
- calderknight 3y agoJust because a Twitter said it's over doesn't mean it's over. Prediction markets still think there's a ~1/5 chance of it being legit.
- doitLP 3y agoCan you share which markets your following?
- calderknight 3y agoThis is the only one I'm following myself: https://manifold.markets/QuantumObserver/will-the-lk99-room-temp-ambient-pre?r=amFtZXNv https://manifold.markets/QuantumObserver/will-the-lk99-room-...
- ranting-moth 3y agoNo it wasn't. Things like this (or at least the dubious media frenzy around this) erode public's trust in science.
- alexmolas 3y agoScience is like that. The problem is not with science or with this material not being super-conducting. The problem is with how science is explained in media. Failing to test hypothesis is a critical step in the scientific method.
- gus_massa 3y agoIt's important that public understand the difference between a preprint in arXiv, a paper in a serious peer review journal and the truth. We've seen a lot of miracle cures during the covid-19 epidemic where all the support was a bunch of preprints (and some of the preprints were horrible, I read a few of them to write angry comments in HN). A paper in a serious peer review journal (if possible/relevant preregistered and with a randomized controlled group) is much better evidence, but it still can be wrong.