Comment on China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible
Andonyx@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI generally agree that science reporting treats everyone like children, but I really don’t have a problem with this analogy. Stars are the only naturally occurring fusion we have to observe and compare it to. To me that makes sense.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Sure… but the metaphor glosses over the fact that they haven’t really told us anything of interest. It SOUNDS good, but there’s no way to tell how significant it actually is.
Fusion breakthroughs have sounded good since the 90s, but we’re still 10 years away from anything useful.