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[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Surprised there's no thread on this yet given that it's fully assimilating the Internet, BORG style.

Anyone else following along as people post videos of allegedly floating rocks?

IMO, as of right now...

40% ********; 40% something interesting, but not room temperature ambient pressure superconductivity; 20% the real deal.

 

[dkp993]

I’ve only read a bit about it and not sure I fully have my head around it yet. Lots of big headline but that seems to be the norm nowadays for clicks so not really sure about all this yet. Happy to learn though.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

I mentioned it a few days ago in the Physics & Astronomy thread. Speaking as someone who's knowledge of basic science doesn't extend past CHEM 101, I still can't get any kind of sense as to how real any of this is. The only people who have claimed successful replication so far are people who work at institutions that I know nothing about, and I don't get the impression that anybody "reputable" has reported anything yet.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

It seems that a bunch of moderately reputable folks have gotten something, but the only videos of full levitation have been unsourced and unvetted. And there's so much crypto-style babble that it's hard to sort through.

The national labs are working on replications as well -- but as far as I know none of them have said anything yet. At least not those in the US.

 

[MTskibum]

We just need to wait and see, it is either revolutionary or more likely it is not.

One of the two.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

lol... heard back from a friend who's connected to serious science types last night, and they think this is all ********.

Reading through the updates this AM, it does start to feel like things are unraveling a little bit. No forward progress at all, everything that looks good is completely unverified, and some outright scams.

 

[Galileo]

lol... heard back from a friend who's connected to serious science types last night, and they think this is all ********.

Reading through the updates this AM, it does start to feel like things are unraveling a little bit. No forward progress at all, everything that looks good is completely unverified, and some outright scams.

What are the sources you are seeing for this? Would you mind sharing?

 

[Scoresman]

What's the dummies explanation for this?

 

[Galileo]

What's the dummies explanation for this?

Superconductivity is the phenomenon whereby some materials acquire the ability to transfer electrical energy without loss, no electrical resistance. To date, this has only been demonstrated by materials at extremely low temperatures, impractically low temperatures for day to day application. LK-99 is a material that is relatively simple to synthesize, and the claim is that it exhibits superconducting properties at higher temperatures which would ultimately make it a "holy grail" so to speak for practical applications. That is the 10,000 foot view. I am not sure if you were looking for that or the quantum physics explanation of what makes this possible.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

What's the dummies explanation for this?

If the rock floats, we all get flying cars. If it doesn't float, we get six more weeks of winter.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

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Conclusively shown to be nothing special at all.

 

[Sand]

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Conclusively shown to be nothing special at all.

I'd like to see the original samples tested at NIST or somewhere similar. While it all may be BS, it's also possible that very small deviations in processing make a big difference. It's also possible that only part of some samples are "right".

 

[Sand]

What's the dummies explanation for this?

If the rock floats, we all get flying cars. If it doesn't float, we get six more weeks of winter.

Bring it!

 

[ChiefD]

I am not sure if you were looking for that or the quantum physics explanation of what makes this possible.

I wouldn’t mind hearing your quantum physics explanation. I’m curious to see if it matches the results I am seeing in my studies.

 

[beer 30]

Just read this morning. I'm a self professed idiot so have no knowledge of this other than what I've read here, on X, on Reddit, etc. Seems like maybe not the diamond in the rough we had hoped?

https://twitter.com/alexkaplan0/status/1688731316777275392

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

tl;dr version: it's not superconductive, the partial levitation has been replicated with "normal" materials, the full levitations are all fakes, and most (virtually all?) scientists in the field have written it off.

I believe there are others, but results from China's Peking University, Chinese Academy of Sciences University, India's National Laboratory, and the University of Maryland all show similar findings (above).

Given the half-life of UFOs are real, Ivermectin, and commie sonic death weapons I expect we will continue to hear about this basically forever, but "too good to be true" wins again.

I really wanted to believe this one.

 

[The Z Machine]

commie sonic death weapon

I loved that band!

Saw them when they opened up for Japandroids in Brooklyn in 2008.

 

[Galileo]

Well, if nothing else, it is good to see a little enthusiasm regarding the potential of physics. Perhaps this prompts a little more interest in exploring high temperature superconductors and a breakthrough could still be achieved one day. Sadly, those with short sighted cognitive function and a 10 second attention span will simply see this as another failure and rationale to be anti-science. Although not always surrounded with such levels of hype, this is what science is...all the time. It is the nature of the beast. It is also why we should put stock into those things that do withstand the process and emerge on the other side.