maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoFailed replication of claimed superconductor reported on arxivarxiv.orgexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1207arrow-down1external-linkFailed replication of claimed superconductor reported on arxivarxiv.orgmaegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square67fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareTonyTonyChopperlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI imagine they only have a few grams of the stuff. And they’re not highly motivated to be debunked immediately
minus-squareoutofemailaliases@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agobut if it were real, they were claiming it could be manufactured easily, so making some samples to send out to research labs would not be too difficult
minus-squareTonyTonyChopperlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoRight. And they haven’t. Now what may we deduce about their confidence in these results?
I imagine they only have a few grams of the stuff. And they’re not highly motivated to be debunked immediately
but if it were real, they were claiming it could be manufactured easily, so making some samples to send out to research labs would not be too difficult
Right. And they haven’t. Now what may we deduce about their confidence in these results?