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The gathering storm
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Nope. Mostly because every news article reporting scientific discoveries is sensational nonsense. If you were to go back ten years and take a sweep of what news media was reporting we'd have soon we'd be living in a world of flying cars, household robots and ten thousand cures for cancer. Or for another perspective every time you see a sensationalist news story track down the original scientific paper (this can be tricky if they don't name it, try searching for the scientists they mention and find their recent publications if so) and read through. Almost always the real story is much more fascinating but much more limited.

The news has a tendency to report very early successes as imminently finished. In reality the vast majority of scientific research falters along the way and much of it never succeeds.
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The gathering storm - by CptnMus - 05-20-2015, 10:50 AM
RE: The gathering storm - by CptnMus - 05-20-2015, 01:03 PM
RE: The gathering storm - by chris0033547 - 05-20-2015, 04:07 PM
RE: The gathering storm - by Rynn - 05-20-2015, 06:07 PM
RE: The gathering storm - by JohnnyYesterday - 05-21-2015, 12:35 PM
RE: The gathering storm - by CptnMus - 05-27-2015, 10:25 AM
RE: The gathering storm - by iancampbell - 05-21-2015, 08:12 AM
RE: The gathering storm - by Drashner1 - 05-21-2015, 12:35 PM
RE: The gathering storm - by iancampbell - 05-22-2015, 04:45 AM
RE: The gathering storm - by chris0033547 - 05-21-2015, 04:57 PM
RE: The gathering storm - by chris0033547 - 10-07-2015, 05:25 AM

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