Comment on France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes

HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  IIRC it was expected because previous record from China was essentially a trial for this one. It all happens under ITER project so it’s not that much of a race.

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  • ZJBlank@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good shit. I’d rather this be a global cooperative effort rather than a jingoistic dick-waving contest.

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    • Sceptique@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s several cooperative and competitives projects. Diversity is not bad for science anyway. ITER itself involve tons of countries.

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• Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good. The only thing that was quite good about the cold war was the competition.

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  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s not what this is, and even then, that competition wasn’t even good. You had two countries hoarding technological advancements for themselves, with everything having to be discovered twice.

    This is a worldwide collaboration, where each assists the others, and it’s a much better way of making progress. See ITER.

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    • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I should’ve replaced ‘quite’ with a more clear ‘remotely’ but you’re absolutely correct

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