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Cake day: October 22nd, 2024

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  • I think we have a different approach to the same problem

    All of this is exhausting. But so is dealing with humans who refuse to spend 30 seconds asking themselves what the consequences of a thing are

    From my point of view: that’s going to remain. Any animal does so, human not excluded. Human’s can’t even stop war, something 99% of the population agree is a bad idea.

    The headline is eye-catching, but what does it mean for us in 20 years if this were widely adopted.

    Will it even be widely adopted? Chance is small. If it is widely adopted, are the consequences better than the status quo? Hopefully yes? I haven’t investigated the manufacturing process to detail.






  • This is a news bulletin from RIKEN, a research center funded by the government of Japan.

    This isn’t a story “pushed by the plastic industry”. The problem, I think, is that communication of scientific lab results is often overpraised (“It’s possible to do X!”).

    It’s not wrong, but it also does not mean it’s always a good idea to do X, in the way it had been achieved in the paper.

    Sadly, loud press releases does benefit funding. So it’ll continue to the detriment of your fatigue, and general distrust in r&d.