Bimothy discovers that there is a solid theoretical basis behind LK-99's superconductivity(Density functional theory calculations on Cu-substituted lead phosphate apatite correlate to isolated flat bands at the Fermi level, a common signature of high transition temperatures in already established families of superconductors. The origins of these isolated bands arise from a structural distortion induced by the Cu ions and a chiral charge density wave from the Pb lone pairs. These results sugges

t that a minimal two-band model can encompass much of the low-energy physics in this system and imply a possible causal mechanism for superconductivity in Cu-doped apatite)

I can't believe nobody else figured this out wtf

https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16892

https://twitter.com/alexkaplan0/status/1686208150590935041?s=46

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That guy, Alex Kaplan, is Dunning-Kruger personified. His qualifications are being a "Head of Coffee Product" in a shitty startup that produces coffee capsules and a bachelor's degree in physics. He also was an intern in CERN for two months. A true subject-matter expert, lmao.

He's been tweeting about LK99 non-stop, flip-floping from "it's the biggest discovery of my lifetime" to "it's over" every 5 minutes.

I don't understand why he's getting so much attention.

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Dunning Krugerites are the only people who can change the world. They are the true chad midwits who rise above the rest. All of civilization rests on their laurels.

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He also was an intern in CERN for two months.

So he's the equivalent of people who interned or did a summer study with Google plastering their "employment" at Google over their resumes to ride on the reputation.

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He's the first c*nt with a big Twitter following to live-tweet every update. He serves a useful niche in the social media habitat, like a parasite that boosts attention, but often grows too insufferable with the attention to serve usefukky.

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That's not what the dunning Krueger :marseynightmare: experiment says sweety

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So let me get this straight, the generally accepted opinion based on theoretical research in the field of sheldon cooper science was that whatever these gooks were amateurishly trying to create - simply said - impossible. Now that they have delivered a practical solution to a task that has been considered impossible for years by combining arbitrary arrangements of elements just for shits and giggles, theoretical physicists found a possible explanation for why this could possibly work ... in a week? IN A FRICKING WEEK?

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combining arbitrary arrangements of elements just for shits and giggles

This is pretty much material science in a nutshell :marseycrayoneater:

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I love that they used supercoliders to just smash random particles together

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Replace the copper with chromium because chromium is such a cool element

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it's nice working with cheap stuff like copper, iron and cobalt because you feel less like an r-slur when you frick up

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Chromium is slightly more expensive than copper anyway

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P != NP

It's easier to verify a solution once the space has been vastly narrowed. This is exactly why experimentation is important in the first place.

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>P != NP

SOURCE?


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There is probably no more single romantic example of the distance between 0 and 1 being infinitely greater than the distance between 1 and infinity than P = NP.

If only Archimedes had come up with a solution for this, we wouldn't still be standing in the dark thousands of years later. :marseygiveup:

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Wait, which metric?


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It's easier to verify a solution once the space has been vastly narrowed.

Someone else had the same thought. :marseyreich:

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Define "space" :marseychingchongnotes:


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:#marseytrollcrazy: I FRICKING HATE IVY LEAGUE PHYSICISTS

these fricks are still raging on twitter that random koreans smashing rocks together figured it out because it's "not real science" :m#arseyyoushouldkillyourselfnow:

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Reeee string :marseyyarn: theory :marseygoldenhorseshoe:


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Reminds me of a woman whose husband died and she had multiple mental breakdowns about leaving the iron on at home.

Someone recommended her to just keep the iron in the car, she did it and it pretty much fixed all the issues she had, psychologists and psychiatrists went BIG MAD because it's not how le science says you are supposed to do it.

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Trust the science. They are experts who know far more than you ever will.

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This is how science works and why no one should 100% trust medicine. We have no idea why some medicine works the way it does. Half of science is just throwing shit in a cauldron and mixing like a witch laughing manically till something works.

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task that has been considered impossible for years

Room-temperature superconductors have never been considered impossible

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:marseyn#erd2:

Then change it to incredibly difficult to achieve, so that it borders on impossibility. And if you're still not happy with that then :marseyropeyourself:

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>We have no idea why MOST medicine :marseymaidchingchong: works the way it does.


:!marseybarrel: :marseybarreldrunk:

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If you think about it, the human body is just a neural network after all. :marseyindignant:

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Something Something Hilary :marseyhillary: Putnam


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HOLD ON EVERYBODY!

The PHDs over at /sci/ are now thinking it's OVER because the writer of this new paper is this woman, SinΓ©ad M. Griffin:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/16908639643168395.webp

who is acting cringe on twitter:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/16908639644230444.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/16908639647315845.webp

https://i.rdrama.net/images/16908639646930718.webp

And she might have too many citations for it to be real

https://i.rdrama.net/images/16908639647899392.webp

I guess it's actually really over, for REAL this time guys :marseygameritsover:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1690863964379726.webp

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The most important scientific discovery of this century was created by gooks, replicated by russian :!marseytrain:s, and theoretically proven plausible by an neurodivergent mudshark? White genocide really is upon us.

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Plausible fusion will be solved by BLACK KANGZ

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Fuse deez nuts :scoot:


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>woman

>expert in crystals

It's so fricking over you won't even believe it

:marseyfortuneteller::marseyitsover:

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Alex Kaplan is a hack and this effect has already failed to replicate in 3 labs.

It's over

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Wrong.

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Can someone please tell me if this is real? I have a basic understanding of the subject matter and of materials. Just tell me if it's true or not.

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>me with regard to the concept of a higher power

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Half of this website never heard of these things until 2 weeks ago and are only now jumping on the train pretending to be subject matter experts in the field of material science and condensed matter.

Nobody fricking knows is the real answer, though by reaction of western/respectable institutions I personaly deeply doubt its real

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Hold on, I just finished being an Ukraine expert and a submarine expert, I need vacations.

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Nobody knows for sure yet. Doomers will say it's good to be true and copers will act like it's :marseyhappening:

Gotta wait for more labs to try to replicate it.

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I really didn't have my money on room temperature superconductor this year and I feel uneducated about the ramifications, beyond the obvious like power transmission and magnetism.

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I also have no idea what will happen if it's real, but it's very interesting anyways :marseysipping:

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I'm going off pure chud instinct and it is telling me slants have never invented anything of note in the last 1,000 years and can only slightly improve upon stolen western designs (except for the Chinese which cannot even rise above mere copying). Verdict, not real.

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Back bros we are so back

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We are so back

:mars#eyexcited:


:#marseydisintegrate: :!#marseyflamewar::space::!marseyagree:

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:#marseyagreesuperspeed:

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They spent years researching LK-99 for a reason.

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None of these words are in the Bible

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Why is suddenly everyone and their grandmother coming out with a superconductor these days? It all seems like a massive grift at this point. You give a man a mile, and now a bunch of filthy bums unrelated to the first guy come out with their fancy dandy superconductors outta nowhere. all seems a bit convenient no?

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Some people are genuinely trying to replicate it, other people are posting pictures from their kitchen of bits of oreo on top of frozen marzipan and saying they replicated it

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I only understand the chemistry. Some please explain more.

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Which part don't you get? :marseyconfused:

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How the structure of the copper-lead crystal actually cause the superconductivity.

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Good question! I will explain it after I wake up. :)

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Thanks a lot :marseylove:

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>he actually believed it

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I remember seeing these band structure graphs in undergrad but for the life of me I never understood wtf they mean.

I think a conductor needs the bands to cross the Fermi energy threshold? And for multiatomic materials you need more of those bands? :marseyexcited:

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:marseyitsoverwereback::marseyitsoverwereback::marseyitsoverwereback::marseyitsoverwereback::marseyitsoverwereback:

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