Crazy Science Idea: Tell People Something Is Possible When You Actually Have No Clue

In which I also, uh, accidentally defend scientific fraud 🕴️

Crazy Science Idea: Tell People Something Is Possible When You Actually Have No Clue In which I also, uh, accidentally defend scientific fraud 🕴️ Étienne Fortier-Dubois Aug 03, 2023 36 13 2 Share Painting of a Golden Box by Jo Sok (1656). Depicts a myth about the founder of the Kim royal clan of ancient Korea, but let’s pretend that the golden box is the levitating holy grail of room-temperature superconductors, possibly discovered in South Korea today As I write this, an increasingly large corner of the internet is ablaze with speculation around LK-99. If you’re reading this from outside tha

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