• @[email protected]OP
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      8925 days 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        4225 days ago

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

        • Sceptiksky
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          624 days 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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      Good. The only thing that was quite remotely good about the cold war was the competition.

      • @[email protected]
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        2125 days 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.

        • @[email protected]
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          225 days ago

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