I'm following this fellow: https://twitter.com/andrewmccalip
Seems to have the right energy
[edit thanks folks] https://nitter.net/i/status/1684433849781202944
Here’s a more colorful play by play as well:
Seems to have the right energy
[edit thanks folks] https://nitter.net/i/status/1684433849781202944
Here’s a more colorful play by play as well:
Unless they're lying through their teeth, it's hard to believe they would not recognize an actual SC when they see one.
Lee was stuck as an adjunct professor for 19 years. Kim thinks that physicists all have their head up their ass and he knows the shortcut to discovering superconductivity. And nature wouldn't publish their paper.
Combined with their inability to accurately measure Tc and a lot of skepticism already out there that their graphs show what they say they do this looks like poor science.
Which is not to accuse them of lying. It looks like they're just not very good, but think they're geniuses.
It's also kind of crazy that one of the authors did over 1000 experiments until he found LK-99, regardless of whether it checks out. Talk about a grind mindset.
The multi-million-dollar measurement apparatus required us to put samples in disposable tubes that cost about a dollar each. They turned out to have the exact same physical properties as a McDonalds straw, so once a week someone made a food run and grabbed a handful on the way out.
I look forward to this historical footnote leading to many clickbait articles in the future.
Problem with his approach is that the synthesis requires some materials that are restricted to academic/scientific labs (like red phosphorus), so he’s probably not going to be first to replicate.
We'll have to wait and see if such a move is a good one...
[1]: https://domaininvesting.com/elon-musk-acquires-x-com-domain/
Elon Musk re-bought the domain 6 years ago, after having originally owned it since 1999, apparently being very attached to it [0]. As for the logo, yeah, I agree there.