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0 pointsfarresito10y ago0 comments

His complain is not that he is not going to have it immediately, but that he is never going to have it. And I agree with him. We keep hearing of breakthroughs and the truth is that 99% of the time they vaporize.

That said, I'm happy to hear the amount of research put into finding better batteries.

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Ianvdl10y ago· 3 in thread

It's always a possibility that we may never see this technology in use commercially, that does not mean that it is insignificant and cannot lead to an improved product later on. The work done here is still important regardless of whether or not we'll have it in our hands within the next five years.

farresitoOP10y ago

I agree that every bit of contribution is important. In fact, behind every big discovery there are tens of hundreds of smaller discoveries, and hearing news like this is fantastic.

The thing though is that by defining every discovery as breakthrough, you end up confusing the readers and, more importantly, devaluing the discoveries that are really going to have a big impact.

nmrm210y ago

But "Scientists make incremental contribution to the state of human knowledge" doesn't have that nice click-generating ring to it :-)

saiya-jin10y ago

us civilians (from R&D point of view) don't care much about this. we're just fed up with devices losing power in few hours after normal usage, and tired of hearing about all-solving batteries that are nowhere in sight. so don't be surprised by negative emotions

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