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[@Kousaburo]

My father worked on the buses his whole life checking tickets. Never missed a days work, he was a super conductor.

[@ProductionARF]

😂

[@anzakson]

Huge respect for your father! His conducting was super important, super useful and super down to earth! Super thanks to him. This new thing has, still a very looooong way to go before it will be deemed useful! Thank you so much for sharing. Take care and keep well and safe. ✌😊

[@IanDarley]

My dad used to be a farm machinery enthusiast, he became fed up with it, he now thinks that they suck, so he's an ex tractor fan.

[@thalesnemo2841]

😂😂😂❤

[@joshnabours9102]

He was a room temperature super conductor!

[@whatdamath]

I live in Korea so I recently went to check out the office of this 'Quantum Energy Research Centre' because I happen to live nearby. It's literally a basement in an old residential building that has no one inside and no way to get in. This company was registered in Korea not so long ago for the same reason we had a bunch of companies with the name "blockchain" pop up in 2017-2018 here as well. They picked the name that was trending and wanted to make it sound cool. I don't think there is actual quantum research being done inside although I did see a couple of cats in the neighborhood and for all we know they could have been Schrodinger's Nevertheless, the researchers behind this papers are sticking to the "it's a superconductor dammit!" rhetoric in all of their Korean interviews with the media. I couldn't find anyone in the building to talk to and I think they just use it as a PO box

[@knarfweasel]

Hi Anton!

[@Illphella]

Thanks for that. We appreciate your energy 😌

[@S3l3ct1ve]

I tell you where all the quantum science is going on - in their bank accounts... I bet they get government funding for their research... As long as you get the funding you can do whatever research you want to... This is a modern problem, many countries face it. Money laundering using science as a pretext, the ones checking the applications dont have scientific background to actually deny any of this BS, so they approve the funding. Similar situation with social science, surveys etc, we have genderism and all that BS as well... These people take countries funds to research complete BS. They basically laundering the money.

[@ToeTV247]

[@ouwebrood497]

I can already guess what their story will be a few months in the future: "The CIA infiltrated in the Korean government and we can't work on it anymore!!!"

[@AndreBradshaw]

I think most reasonable people knew lk99 was BS, but the explanation of why superconductors have very limited commercial applications was informative. Thanks for taking the time to explain.

[@jump_ifn0tzero779]

I found myself in the opposite position. I knew superconductors had very few actual uses, but I was hopeful that just by studying an actual RT/AP superconductor, we would be able to create more. Maybe even out of more practical materials. Ah well, future of material science dreams crushed again by the vicious Thunderf00t and his evil science /s

[@anthonylim2428]

It's not BS. It is something slightly different tho for sure. The Korean scientists knew people would think and say it's full of shit. Lol that was pretty much their goal it seems.

[@AndreBradshaw]

@@anthonylim2428 different than what is claimed is BS where I come from.

[@durshurrikun150]

They are used in NMR spectrometers I believe

[@Beer_Dad1975]

I look forward to getting superconducting dentures, then I can put a lightbulb in my mouth and light it up like Uncle Fester - of course the downside would be the lead poisoning I guess...

[@philipc7273]

Thunderf00t, crushing dreams since 2006

[@sb5253]

😅

[@Paxmax]

Yes... but it's funny to watch none the less 😊

[@Proppa-Gander]

👞 💥 xx

[@n0madfernan257]

i want scammers dreams gets crushed

[@LordDragox412]

@@n0madfernan257 Then you're on the wrong channel mate, that's KitBoga you're looking for.

[@dereklenzen2330]

I knew when I saw the news about this that a Busted video is on the way from Thunderf00t! Getting my popcorn ready. 🍿

[@billynomates920]

👍

[@excentrisitet7922]

Me too. But I didn't open the paper itself. Their conclusions were SOMETHING!😂🤣

[@AngryBoozer]

What do you mean brittle? It’s a SUPERconductor. It’s indestructible, can levitate and has laser eye beams. Oooh, I think they misunderstood the kind of super we’re talking about…

[@teejay3250]

I was just quietly waiting for Thunderf00t to explain if this was BS or not lol.

[@SomeSperg]

Yeah I didn't even feel like putting in the research myself....

[@sirflimflam]

Was kinda hoping he wouldn't smash it to pieces if I'm honest. I'd like to be able to marvel at a new breakthrough once in a while... It's always bullshit.

[@WokeandProud]

​@@sirflimflamIt's not bullshit the real stuff was pretty cool the problem really is the material more then anything if we could actually make a material that could act as a superconductor at high temps and also be made into wires electrical equipment etc that would be game changing. The news media is what ruins everything since all they do is sell over inflated sensationalist bullshit.

[@chicken29843]

It would have been a way bigger deal if it wasn't BS. The fact no one replicated it within a day of it being revealed was proof enough on its own honestly with how simple they claimed it was to make.

[@lrrrruleroftheplanetomicro6881]

@@sirflimflam your username supports your opinion. And there's enough actual breakthroughs too, science knows many fields. But real world manufacturing has a strong tendency towards incremental improvement.

[@MS-ho9wq]

Thunderfoot, let me just say that I love you, man. Please never stop dispelling the bullshit.

[@mattconnell3970]

He's wrong though. He's the one full of shit lmfao.

[@matsv201]

There is one issue with this video. Thunderfoot is wrong about.. well the core concept he is talking about here. That you can´t make wires out of HTS... well, we actually masted that about a decade a go. Called HTS tape. Have been commercially available since 2011. Of cause, yes, i don´t expect him to know about every product that exist. but it kind of nullify quite a lot of the argument.

[@muhfuggha2376]

​@@matsv201The fabrication of BSCCO tapes and wires is usually carried out by means of the so-called oxide power-in-tube (OPIT) method. The powder is packed in a tube (typically Ag), then the Ag tube is drawn to a small diameter and rolled into a flat tape. The tape is then annealed, re-rolled and re-annealed again to obtain the best superconducting properties. He talked about this in the video, the conductor ended up being almost all silver.

[@04karit0]

@@matsv201 13:48 he mentions that

[@erikkarsies4851]

@@04karit0 Yes, that's typical Thunderf00t ... sometimes he says something a little bit too strong at the start, but then he corrects this further on in the story. So @matsv201 listen the entire vids of Thunderf00t!

[@williamwatkins821]

Thunderfoot looking like an absolute boss of a 1600s researcher in those grad photo

[@christianherbst674]

Damn it, Thunderf00t! Every time I think: "Yes, this can be a big thing," you come along and tear it down with logic and reason... 😆

[@AnimeGIFfy]

you should switch to: Every time something "big" happens: "i wonder how long will i have to wait for the next thunderfoot video"

[@EffToyz]

Right? Because of Thunderf00t we can't have nice things! 😢

[@basketweaver1144]

KZbin science DESTROYED with FACTS AND LOGIC

[@massatube]

@christianherb Whenever you watch a clip with words "THIS WILL BE A GAME CHANGER" just think of Thunderfoot saying BULLSHIT and you won't go wrong.

[@donbunson5031]

Everything is fake until proven g4y.

[@Mightydoggo]

You can´t imagine how much I anticipated this one! The more the non techies in my bubble hyped up about this, the more I was like "I wonder how long it takes Thunderf00t to shred this"

[@AndreasScout]

These guys LOVE to throw "super conductor" and "super computers" into anything.

[@jakec9522]

Can we just stop and appreciate for a moment how suave Thunderf00t looks in his graduation attire. 😊

[@chronotone833]

bro looks like a french king ngl

[@xybersurfer]

yeah. what is the meaning behind it?

[@tede1838]

the swagger was real

[@phileas007]

he looks like he's about to drop the best soul album of the decade.

[@jakec9522]

@@phileas007 I'd totally buy that album. 😊

[@kevalan1042]

Thunderf00t: "this is not my area of expertise, so take with a grain of salt" Also Thunderf00t: *built a superconductor during his undergrad*

[@jwalster9412]

You will do what you have to to get a PHD.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@jwalster9412 hey 20$ is 20$

[@piccalillipit9211]

So why is he making sh!tty reaction vids and not quality content...???

[@GameTimeWhy]

It is a sign of humility. He isn't always right but he does experiments and shows his work and cites papers. I like that he acknowledges when he is wrong on something too.

[@ananousous]

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." --Charles Bukowski

[@ignispurgatorius5297]

I'm glad you mentioned the current desnity. People tend to only know about the temperature issue, but usually they have no idea about other requirements and limitations like pressure, general material properties (ceramics) and pressure.

[@MR-backup]

Not to mention thrust. Even if you get lift, you now need a vector (direction & speed).

[@billbillson3129]

Let us observe a moment of silence for how badass that graduation picture is!! Thank you for making and sharing Thunderf00t!

[@JamesChurchill3]

That's actually just Shakespeare on opening night of Hamlet.

[@hugegamer5988]

He looks like weird Al’s introvert cousin. I can’t think of a way to have more cred, except perhaps for a phd and research position.

[@regisphilbinsscrotum6631]

Finally an actual critical analysis

[@warwizard1309]

eh? there where plenty during the first week the papers came out, all being skeptical and pointing out the bullshit, then the grifters swarmed in piling up more bullshit on top of the initial bullshit

[@i3looi2]

I know right ? Got so bored for the past year with elon up, elon down and economic topics.

[@jmr]

I heard someone else poopoo this but he didn't give it much time. Kind of like "Too bad bad we can't make wire from it. We'll see if it's even real". I think we don't here those people's point of view because it isn't interesting. Makes a shitty blurb on the news.

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

@@jmr Well their take just isnt meta, that every news outlet is chasing. But it is enough to create a viewer base nonetheless.

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Sabine Hossenfelder did one before that was also good, but didn't go into detail as much, because her format covers a bunch of recent science news topics per episode. (her humor is definitely better)

[@anarex0929]

I love this channel. Its like being in a room of honest blunt people that always get a bad wrap.

[@drewpreston6478]

rap

[@DarkKitarist]

Thunderf00t and Sabine need to get a Nobel Prize for always grounding us and tempering our expectations. Honestly the work they do is super important.

[@skunkjobb]

There's no Nobel prize for being educational but they are well worth some other price.

[@vivianwilfred1768]

They should do videos together. Be more fun and sarcastic

[@Y2Kvids]

Thunderfoot is bulls compared to Sabine

[@TheChzoronzon]

Sabine is much, much less rigorous She has plenty of clickbait headlines like "“No one in physics dares say so, but the race to invent new particles is pointless." or "I Think Faster Than Light Travel is Possible. Here's Why" full of questionable beliefs presented as science. My fav from her: "Warp Drive News. Seriously!" Yeah, super seriously :D Calling her a "theoretical physicist" (as she herself does...) is a joke. Way closer to Veritasium than to Foot, I'm afraid

[@Kiyoone]

They should do a duo busting/mocking science fiction "news" sometime... It'll be fun to watch

[@electric7487]

Remember guys, if it sounds too good to be true, _it probably _*_IS_*_ too good to be true._

[@TheGFS]

the golden rule of the internet ;)

[@oru_malayaleezombie7329]

I knew succubi were fiction😢

[@WokeandProud]

​@@oru_malayaleezombie7329Tale as old as time mate. 😔

[@nikolozgilles]

not just probably, it just is

[@JNCressey]

@@nikolozgilles, No, not everything. Using cowpox to get immunity to smallpox would have sounded too good to be true.

[@evolutionaryadvantage]

That guy had the oddest looking 5 O’clock shadow. It was like he drew it on.

[@amalgamatewisdom]

Congrats on 1 Million! It's been a LONG time coming!

[@bestdjaf7499]

I think he had over a million subs for a while. The issue is that ThunderF00t start talking about Brexit & Trump, & he lost a lot of support there. Then the KZbin algorithm, which promotes the frequent postings & shorts.

[@korana6308]

@@bestdjaf7499 Yeah, his politics game is way off the mark. He should stick to the science stuff. As politics literally a whole another universe. He got almost all of it wrong.

[@monkeyfist.348]

I'm so glad we have Thunderf00t to give these lessons in reality!

[@pawcisq]

As a dude that just translates PhD level papers from surface microlayer biochemistry of estuary lakes from Polish to English I was baffled by that ending in their paper. Holy fok the level of "look at me!" poured out of the screen and made me laugh, lol

[@DreadX10]

Was also expecting a more standard "We need to learn more about this so send some extra grant money our way." Not the "look at what we (say we) did!"

[@electric7487]

To me, the whole paper already came off as something a massively overconfident high school student would write, but the ending was truly the subatomic particle that annihilated the camel's back.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

I suspect this whole thing was a "pump and dump" stock market scam.

[@Rainaman-]

Yeah. No fucking BSc paper would even end with that kind of vapid sentence.

[@glennpearson9348]

"You don't need a PhD in chemistry to realize that ceramics are brittle." Hilarious, stuff, TF. Flippin' hilarious!

[@christophnocula5024]

From day one I have been waiting on a daily basis for Thunderf00t to pick this topic up. Thanks a lot for yet another brilliant „busted“ video. 🤣

[@CainXVII]

I feel like we can already build much faster trains than we have, the problem is not the speed, it's making them work with everything going on around them

[@kdawg2468]

Thunderf00t: "this isn't my area of expertise, so take it with a grain of salt" then opens up a simulation of a salt crystal I see what you did there!

[@ET_AYY_LMAO]

Ah yes. Thunderfoot showed us tablesalt and now the whole discussion of "does this particular crystal structure have SC properties or does it only have seemingly emergent magnetic/diamagnetic properties" thing laid to rest and we are none the wiser but we all have 10x the cortisol levels from listening to 20min of negative and snarky ramblings about theoretical as well as applied and implemented applications for superconductivity..

[@kdawg2468]

@@ET_AYY_LMAO It was a salt joke is what I was saying.... Bro you need some Diazepam or something to chill out.

[@Bushprowler]

@@ET_AYY_LMAO take your meds.

[@admthrawnuru]

@@ET_AYY_LMAO If i recall there were some early DFT calculations on LK-99 that suggested it could be superconducting, but the consensus seems to be building around the conclusion that it isn't. I was a little surprised Thunderf00t didn't mention this or the fact that the paper was a preprint and both primary authors have walked back it's claims. I consider both of these to be much better arguments against this than anything Thunderf00t said.

[@simo9445tsns]

Thank you for producing these kinds of videos, production quality high as always

[@caintz7792]

As someone presently involved both academically and professionally within the IT space, thank you sir for your videos over the years. Every one of them is like a lecture from my professors and I sincerely appreciate the grounding effect you have on countering pop culture and current events. Again, thank you.

[@NDHFilms]

I watch John Michael Godier for the warm optimism, and Thunderf00t for the cold shower of reality.

[@johnpublic6582]

Me, too, except I quit watching Godier after the second video when I realized his area of expertise is writing fiction, not any kind of actual science or tech. Ain't nobody got time for that.

[@anirudhmitra4232]

all of the science fiction and futurism youtube channels are hyping up unproven research and people gobble it up . The worst of these is a channel named issac arthur , the content looks more from science fiction than any actual hard science and star trek inspired visuals .

[@Skylancer727]

I stopped watching Godier more recently as he seems to be going really deep into fantasy claims over reality. He's literally talking about how serious that CIA aliens claim is. Are we really being taking that seriously? Godier is definitely a pure dreamer type futurist not really concerned or really thinking about the world we live in or the logic of the claim, more thinking about the cool implications. He's always been a contrast to that with Issac Arthur who's more a realist and openly states he believes FTL is impossible. Granted Arthur still talks about engineering designs that will quite literally never happen like the sky hook.

[@pansepot1490]

@@johnpublic6582 same.

[@FizzleFX]

This guy sounds like Stefan from the VERGE watch the supercut of the 2000$ PC build. Baffling! Or Jan Hendrik Schön Lied about superconducting and almost got Nobel prize. Bobby Broccoli got a documentary

[@nsmlsof]

Nooo! Not a busted video of this! :( I was hoping it was actually a breakthrough. Thanks for your work and I still appreciate it. :)

[@MrVeps1]

My position was always "Fine, now someone I trust can try to replicate it", and if true, I didn't really think it would "revolutionize" anything but the existing use cases for superconductors, at most. Also, the chief reason diamonds are expensive is the secret ninja cabals De Beers send after you if you try selling them on the cheap 😄

[@ieuanhunt552]

Well even artificial diamonds are relatively expensive to produce at scale. Because the energy requirements and the machines used aren't cheap.

[@tylerdavis3]

@@ieuanhunt552 dude rough diamonds are cheap as hell, and it doesn’t really cost much to cut them. It’s all artificially inflated.

[@SleeveBlade]

Thank you! Finally a summary of good arguments I can send my lunchtime colleagues. There's no way I could word it as good as you. Please never stop making BUSTED videos, long time subscriber and content enjoyer here. Admittedly, I like the drama and the sometimes somewhat low hanging fruit part of it, but it is exactly how the modern media works. And when you do it using science, it feels more justified :p.

[@vodafoneuser1690]

You are doing such incredibly important work, please do never ever stop Mr. Thunderfoot. Been following since the early kickstarter stuff, on the third account by now, please for the love of god never let other people, the press or some company discourage you for bringing us raw scientific facts! Your fantastic sarcastic packaging of said facts is the cherry on top c:

[@saadatkamaei8829]

It’s Doctor Thunderfoot for you. Joking.

[@joshh4234]

You and Common Sense Skeptic are hands down my favorite channels on KZbin!!!

[@nehorlavazapalka]

yeah, "CSS" 50 kt of explosive power. TF and CSS are laughing at you because you YOU YOU lost more than a million $ because of them. 100 % certain that TF lives off Tesla shares while laughing at you.

[@TheStarBlack]

​@@nehorlavazapalkago to bed Elon

[@henrikjensen3278]

One area where a ceramic room temperature superconductor would be useful is transformers. Not for the big iron core types, but for PCB types, they may handle 1kW in as few cm3 as possible at a temperature of about 100C. Stacking a few ceramic plates between two powder cores would not be a issue and then be able to handle even more power in a small form factor would be very useful. Room temperature super conductor opens for a lot of applications, because there is no requirement for any special cooling. It might not be earth scattering things, but it would be very useful.

[@vylbird8014]

Think smaller. The common buck converter is found all over the place in electronics. A well-tuned circuit with good components can achieve upwards of 90% efficiency. A superconducting coil would boost that a couple more percent. Ok, it's not much. But a couple more percent battery life from your phone? That could be good. I'm not going to expect a room temperature superconductor (if it is even reproducible) to change the world, but it'll have a few applications where it might lead to small improvements. Also needed for certain interesting types of radio antenna, allowing portable radio equipment to use a wider range of frequencies. More bandwidth and range for the cellphones too.

[@coreym162]

@@vylbird8014 Thank you!

[@henrikjensen3278]

@@vylbird8014 A phone is rather price sensitive, the small high power converters for professional applications are not and they handle much higher power levels than a phone. All this requires a superconductor that works at 100C to 150C and is possible to manufacture at a reasonable price, any special cooling requirements will invalidate it.

[@captainotto]

@@vylbird8014 When you're talking about numbers such as a couple percent from say 90 percent efficiency, that represents a 20% decrease in loss, which is absolutely massive.

[@luizarthurbrito]

I love following both Sean Carroll's and Sabine hossenfelder's channels. They were super doubtful of the claims of a room temperature superconductor being achieved.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

Sabine's a bit of a nut, tbf.

[@bastiaan7777777]

@@PlatinumAltaria Meh, she tries to be funny etc, bit awkward indeed but we dont all have great social skills.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

@@bastiaan7777777 Oh it's not that, I find her funny, she's just got the science wrong a few too many times.

[@bastiaan7777777]

@@PlatinumAltaria okiedokie, I did not watch all, so I cannot judge on that.

[@jackbarman7063]

@@PlatinumAltariayeah, and her video on transgender people and gender affirming care was not the best when it came to the science and basic human decency. She put forth the rapid onset dysphoria as if it was maybe true maybe not when there is no good evidence to support it being a real thing.

[@trixrabbit8792]

I have a razor blade floating in one of my magnet dishes on my tool cart at work. It looks surprisingly similar to that chip on a magnet. It’s cool what magnetic fields do.

[@KLondike5]

I'm always fascinated by how intense a stubble shadow he has while being fully shaved. It's just a rainforest of follicles below the cheeks.

[@Lilmiket1000]

Lmao not gonna lie. Subconsciously I've been wondering about the same thing as well. He should really consider laser hair removal or something before his skin gets really damaged from that shaving.

[@Hawk013]

Is that a thing? I assumed he was wearing a black facemask that bled dye all over his face and was too stupid to wash it off...

[@KLondike5]

@@Hawk013 I think he just shaves 1 step from clean. Combine that with a weird color balancing & it just sticks out. Sometimes skin tone darkens around irritated areas. He prob can't clean shave without ingrowns developing so he doesn't.

[@shovelchop81bikeralex52]

I was wondering if painted on beard stubble was going to be some new ridiculous trend! LOL.

[@poeticsilence047]

That's what I was mostly focused on..lol

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

I was super excited to hear all the hype about a potential room temp superconductor thinking that it had to be something brand new. I was also super confused about the hype when I read the papers and saw they were ceramics. I'm glad you made a video I can point others to in order to express my frustration lol.

[@iananderson8392]

Quantum computing applications is funny because even if you were to make a quantum computer with a room temperature super conductor you would still want to cool it down to a very low temperature for accuracy

[@MysticalShadowDragon]

graduating thunderfoot 30 years ago looks like a rich guy in the renaissance. he definetely got the style for that

[@hx5525]

Looks intentional tbh. Cool af tho.

[@planescaped]

Thunderfoot Di Medici

[@PlanetJeroen]

Personally, I believe you are one of the best channels this platform could hope to have. Never drama beyond poking fun or deserved punishment, high stakes at all times, and nailing it every single time.

[@ubahfly5409]

You must be relatively new here 😂

[@slippy5849]

​@@ubahfly5409 At least he mosied on past 'that' particular genre, albeit with a belated and tentative gait. Less can be said of his former contemporaries, which are all perpetually doom-spiralling in eddies of pseudo-intellectualism and parroted rhetoric; Thunderfoot salvaged what he could, that much can be said

[@iaimboti]

@@slippy5849 Good sir, it appears your pontifications are indeed misaligned with the reality of the situation, you see the matter of which you speak is but a fabrication of the people of the lower class, who fail to see any value in the substantive things, and who ensconce themselves from the facts.

[@n0vast0rm]

​@@w花bit's a "smart-off", like a standoff but it's people trying to sound smarter than eachother...

[@iaimboti]

@@n0vast0rm It is a little fun if you imagine saying it in the arrogant rich person tone. . .

[@Steven-nb3uz]

The conclusion on the paper sounds like EVERYTHING they told us NOT to say in our conclusions

[@mathiaslist6705]

I'm so happy anyone did this video. The hype was unimagineable.

[@rfreaky4717]

well it was also confirmed, that its in fact not a superconductor at all.

[@FlorinArjocu]

Just today I watched Asionometry with a clip about this "superconductor" related to computer chips. One of the supporters works in the field and even without talking about this material, he explained exactly this: it will change nothing. Exactly your conclusion, great to see clear minds spreading real information, not some sci-fi click-bating clips.

[@linusmlgtips2123]

It would change nothing in the short term but definitely the long term. Thunderfoot isn't thinking long term.

[@jebise1126]

@@linusmlgtips2123 eh... chips would be slightly cooler and slightly faster. i mean silicone is the reason it gets hot. just replace copper for better conductor wont make magic. and yes you cant replace silicone for superconductor.

[@electric7487]

@@linusmlgtips2123 Thunderf00t is most certainly thinking in the long term. Superconductors are not magic.

[@edwinhuang9244]

​@@linusmlgtips2123 Most likely because he'd old or dead by the time we really start seeing major effects of room-temperature superconductor.

[@linusmlgtips2123]

@@edwinhuang9244 Basically

[@eliasgermer8762]

8:10 - I actually first believed they used a condom for scale. Then I saw it was a coin and my disappointment was immense.

[@wturber]

This video is very likely to age well. His point about cables was one of the first things I (lay person, no science degrees) that occurred to me. I did work for a couple decades at one of the "baby Bells" and dealt with copper wire enough to understand that its physical properties ( malleable, can be connected easily mechanically or via solder, moderately tough, and more) were nearly as relevant as its properties of conductivity. Nearly half of all circuit issues came down to a broken or poor connection somewhere. And that's with copper, which isn't generally (there are issues even with copper) very brittle. I also have and ride a home brew ebike and understand that even inexpensive electric motors can get to 80+ % efficiency. So getting that last 20% can't be a game changer. This is just another example of how news media thrives on hype. Regardless of topic, the more hyperbolic, the better. Its like a never ending series of waves breaking on the shore. Hype ... fade away ... hype ... fade away ... on and on and on and on and on ....

[@amir3515]

which busted video didnt age well from him_?

[@Mrluk245]

I dont think that brittlness is a good argument against them. A lot of superconductors used today are also ceramics and very brittle. Of course they would not be used as wires in grid applications. One other thing the mechanical properties of metals are to some extend intrinsically connected to the electric properties via the crystaline structure of the metal.

[@peterpan4038]

Every now and then something unexpected actually GETS invented/ discovered. But regardless of extreme cases like that: there is lots of progress made in many fields each and every day. => For the most part modern technological progress behaves more like a marathon. Even if we manage to run a bit faster, the amount of steps taken is breathtaking. Even 0.1% better at property X adds up, considering how many steps are involved in anything we call technology these days. I mean the number of factors involved is crazy, hence it "multiplies up" might actually be a better choice of words.

[@wturber]

@@peterpan4038 Perhaps I made my point poorly. It wasn't about scientific progress. It was about the hyberbolic media responses to scientific progress. If this new material is actually what it claims to be, then that is cool. But it is super unlikely to be the game changer that the various media suggest.

[@wturber]

@@Mrluk245 But replacing wires is one of the major hype points. The brittleness is a major limiting factor. But sure, that doesn't mean that they will have no use. The point is that the potential is very much over-hyped. And the further point is that this kind of hype happens over and over again.

[@tomasgutierrez6954]

I was waiting for Thunderf00t to break my heart on this. Thank you, you wonderful destroyer of dreams! You're the not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need right now.

[@martinda7446]

😸 Very poetic. What sort of hero do we deserve? Not Dylan Mulvaney surely?

[@muellermat]

​@@martinda7446the bloody gorilla so he can fix the timeline. We were punished enough already.

[@hackmedia7755]

a practical theory for superconductivity needs to be made that can predict material properties.

[@Zunidrap]

I'm so happy we have Thunderf00t on KZbin. What would we do in this sea of stupidity without him.

[@EdwardHowton]

We don't have to wonder. We've seen the kind of people who've tried to take him down. Like those students who thought researching voodoo-powered lightning was a good idea. Or that one lady who thinks "robust" in science means "male genitalia". This stuff right here? is _tame_ in comparison.

[@otDan]

you know you gotta do your own research right? that's the whole point of this channel, he can be wrong too sometimes and you should do your research instead of trusting someone blindly

[@myfaveyoutube]

If this is true I'd recommend some soul searching🤨 sounds a bit theistic

[@myfaveyoutube]

Bingo

[@__goat__]

Read/watch one of the 5000 other sources that already debunked this?

[@tsume_akuma8321]

I mean, Diamonds are certainly not "cheap" but diamonds you use for their material properties at about 100$ per gram for macro-crystal diamond and about 2$ per gram for diamond dust.

[@picklecrash]

And you can buy a kilo of charcoal at the supermarket for $10

[@kkent4174]

Lab created diamonds are a thing now….they are cheap… just a dumbazz over paid market that’s crashing… and yes they are way better quality….why pearls and all the other jewels aren’t shet anymore…close friend is a jewelry funny seeing how much these people pay while sale to what people pay….nothing different from a retail store bump it up 500%*

[@tsume_akuma8321]

@@picklecrash yes but diamond, a 3 dimensional structure with well defined bonds and orientations, is a modification of carbon. Coal on the other hand, is amorphous. Coal is essentially undefined chemically, because it is inherently indefinable as an amorphous substance. This is also why the actual properties of coal vary so wildly.

[@CamembertDave]

@@tsume_akuma8321 The point of that part of the video was that "the elements in this material can be obtained cheaply" doesn't imply "this material can be obtained cheaply". Hence the carbon vs diamond comparison.

[@tsume_akuma8321]

@@CamembertDave good point and I know, I am just pointing out that diamond is simply not expensive especially in the relevant use cases.

[@Malag_Zirlong]

Haven’t even watched a single second of your video yet. Seriously. As a physicist of 39 years I told my wife when I saw the headlines that this would be another ‘fusion in a jar’ moment. Here we go!

[@Rainaman-]

As a physicist of 0 years, when my gf showed me the headline I already told it's just hype journalism and will be debunked. Hoped thunderfoot would clear this up

[@Xeroxorex]

Thank you for breaking it down in a way for us to understand. I also appreciate the fact that this video was relatively gentle in the roast and ridicule. Remember being polite and not dunking on people who are wrong too hard keeps it accessible to a greater public audience which is essentially a public service.

[@krzysztofbeza1020]

69 extended papers! Nice! Congrats on your achievments Thunderf00t!

[@tonymurphy2624]

Breaking news: The authors of this paper have requested from _Nature_ that the paper be retracted due to flaws in the study.

[@yds6268]

Wait, why did Nature publish this in the first place? Apparently, its standards are not as high as I thought

[@tonymurphy2624]

@@yds6268 This is down to the review panel rather than the journal. If it was published, the review panel couldn't find anything wrong with it.

[@babotond]

4:39 1995 6:54 1997 same picture thunderf00t BUSTED!

[@CainXVII]

LOL also don't try to tell me 1997 was 30 years ago. I know I am only turning 27 this year!

[@MarcioSousa3]

Thunderfoot keep at it! I think your videos will have immense impact in the world's future, I don't think I'm exaggerating.

[@Lex-up6mg]

Those graduation pics are beautiful man.

[@anthonymonge7815]

When a new science thingy makes it to the news, I no longer get excited. I wait for the Thunderf00t debunk video to come out. If one does not come out, then I get excited.

[@sodaaccount]

Thank you so much Thunderf00t! I was waiting for this debunk since I first heard of LK-99s discovery. Although Im trained in the scientifical method, I completely lack the knowledge (or time to gain it) to verify what Im being told. During my teens I believed pretty much anything "scientists" told, as I thought all of them were honest to the highest standards. You massively changed my view on science. With LK-99 I immediately thought: "This sounds fishy, lets wait for TF to debunk it..." Seems my spider senses really improved :D

[@rucker69]

Yet he still consumes and perpetuates the "climate change" alarmism.

[@naturegirl1999]

What alarmism?

[@zbz5505]

​@@rucker69some people will still deny climate change when New Orleans is not just temporarily under water.

[@unfairlive2]

@@rucker69 Exactly, nothing to be alarmed around, after all, there's too many humans anyways, and haven't we destroyed the habitat of many other animal species around the world as well? It'd be justice if anything if we ruined our own now too! Plus you can always just move right? America has a lot of empty space and I'm sure poor people laden with debt can just get up and move on a dime! And else, well they shouldn've learned to swim!

[@AnimeGIFfy]

@@rucker69 huh?

[@jasonrichter497]

Usually KZbin videos make me feel like I have been made a bit dumber. Thunderfoot's channel tends to make me feel smarter than I really am. Thanks, and keep up the good work!

[@HarrietJade-e4m]

So true. Education level is not great enough to be watching 😅

[@ryanjones4150]

I've never seen this channel before, this video was suggested to me because I have looked at some of the LK-99 videos. There is so much information on the internet, it can be difficult to discern the truth about things, but I know good content when I see it, and this is it. Plus, I love hearing things debunked in a British accent, lol.

[@kindlin]

He has a LOOOOOOOONG list of busted videos (and other amazing content too, the crystal growth was really good). You can expect one periodically as some new bullshit gets spewed forth.

[@crwydryny]

You know it's bad when I'm listening to this on my headphones with my phone in my pocket and I could still see the Picard facepalm memes

[@whit3shad3]

4:40 - 6:55 Thunderf00t performed 2 year pose, what a committed young man!

[@xYxColeTrainxYx]

Anton did a great video on this stuff. But i really enjoy watching Thunderf00t tear into things

[@Akhelous]

You looked dashing in your graduation robes.

[@jaredtalks9158]

excellent graduation photos, sir

[@jeffhyche9839]

This is why I like this channel. Someone not afraid to poke holes in the BS then tell us why he is poking holes, then proving it with the math if needed. well done.

[@user-nu8in3ey8c]

Great Video. I can just picture how awful it would be to make a motor, or anything else that is useful, out of ceramic brick wires. Sounds like a perfect punishment detail right there.

[@Andriastravels]

The first two minutes with those big red X's is the most entertaining content on the internet.

[@RustOnWheels]

When I saw LK-99 and that semi-levitating piece of - what looked like - rock chip I immediately clocked out. This is the only video about it I actually clicked on because I knew it would actually contain some useful info in stead of hype (and some burns of course). It did not disappoint.

[@TheRubsi]

Thunderf00t is the scientist version of Anatoly.

[@onradioactivewaves]

I'm terrible sorry?

[@TheRubsi]

@@onradioactivewaves You need little bit more squeeze back

[@mintseerr5062]

After my grandad recently passing, Thunderfoot you really remind me of him. He was a PHD in chemistry, worked with radioactive signatures and tracers in a hospital for most of his working life. Very similar way of thinking, expressing things, explaing your viewpoint and similar background. Guess its extra motivation to watch your videos

[@oofgordy4634]

Sounds like he was a gigachad

[@mintseerr5062]

@oofgordy4634 he was. We clearwd out his old shed and found a radioactive isotope container so we had to get a hazardous material team come sweep the place 🤣🤣

[@njones420]

@@mintseerr5062I'm dreading having to do this for my dad one day... he's a retired infectious-diseases microbiologist/immunologist 😬

[@dannonyogurt98]

The moment I heard the claim I knew this video was on its way

[@Five_y_kay]

Thanks, I always find these refreshing. I share these on my fb.

[@TheVocoderGuy]

@thunderfoot I've been on this platform for well over a decade, you are by far my favorite content creator. Massive respect for the work you're doing steering people towards reality and debunking charlatans, combined with the fact that when you're wrong you'll make a video explaining what the revealed truth was. We love you bro, keep fighting the good fight.

[@SloeJuice]

Loved the high-level explanation of superconductivity you have made 23:13. Would be amazing if you could expand on that in the future if another opportunity presents itself.

[@shaminoranger8588]

Suspicions confirmed. Thanks Phil.

[@CodeKujo]

Knew LK99 was fake immediately, but still learned stuff from this video

[@EdwardHowton]

I remember reading some article about the first experiments involving Bose-Einstein Condensates. Vaguely; it's been a while. I remember stuff about laser cooling and wondering how that worked. Most importantly, though, I remember that at the end of the experiment, they tried to take a picture of it. They knew they couldn't, of course; turning on the light needed to take a picture would instantly heat up the thing back up out of being a BEC, so all they managed to catch was the frayed edge of it "melting". Imagine hitting a point, in terms of energy, where a tiny LED feels like a blast furnace. Now here's a bunch of geniuses making videos about sci-fi pipe dreams who can't even conceive of _electron in wire go brr make hot._ How's that leaded water taste, fellas?

[@fredmercury1314]

Trains..? Dude, this means we can have *lightsabers.*

[@tricky778]

Some spheromak groups are working toward using superconducting tape for magnets instead of wire. I think they're made with ceramic High-Tc superconductors and would definitely benefit from an alternative ceramic with a reduced cooling requirement. Even if a room temp + pressure superconductor couldn't be put on a flexible substrate then you could make thin plates and handle it carefully

[@ThePoohat]

"Some spheromak groups [who?] are working toward using superconducting tape for magnets instead of wire [Anyone can be 'working towards' anything. That doesn't mean anything]. I think [Why don't you know?] they're made with ceramic High-Tc superconductors and would definitely benefit [how, specifically?] from an alternative ceramic with a reduced cooling requirement. Even if [It can't] a room temp + pressure superconductor couldn't be put on a flexible substrate then you could make thin plates and handle it carefully [Then those thin plates aren't coupled and achieve nothing]"

[@monrastbreil3927]

I had been waiting for this vid for a week or so, basically as soon as I heard about this thing. I was sure you were going to find all the flaws and point out the dumb-assery as you have. Good work as always. Perhaps one day these hype channels will actually follow your example and do some actual research into their topic before gushing all over the new shiny thing, but I won't be holding my breath for such.

[@Bomb1es]

Bro looking medieval in them photos. Great video!

[@nidodson]

Holy cow, been following you for 15 years, from the days of laughing at creationists to debunking other BS, it's been a journey. By far the longest I have followed anyone ever by any means, which is pretty interesting.

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

At least it isn’t one of those fanatical videos about Musk.

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

Haven't thunderf00t been fighting feminists also?

[@nidodson]

@@Vile_Entity_3545 you mean proving that Musk is a fraud, which he was doing before it was so blatantly obvious as it is today?

[@GameTimeWhy]

​@@Vile_Entity_3545"fanatical"

[@laurencefraser]

​@@doncarlodivargas5497 Do you mean that in the sense of 'normal person has no time for the leftwing radicalized idiots' nonsense' or in the sense of 'right wing radicalized idiot pretends that not mistreating women (among other groups) is somehow the reason for everything wrong with society"? Because the world needs a lot more of the former and a lot less of the latter

[@superfinevids]

Thank you Thinderf00t for being so awesome!!!

[@angelr194]

Lovely how they rush to publish something before running several tests... Although you caught me by surprise when you said the harsh truth that no change would be appreciated, I never thought that. Hats off to you.

[@Kiyoone]

You and Sabine Hossenfelder should do a duo busting/mocking science fiction "news" sometime... It'll be fun to watch

[@KilgoreTroutAsf]

Scientist: First room-T superconductor? Huge if true, but we've been stuck with the problem for decades so it sounds highly unlikely. Let's check first if they made any obvious mistake and then try to replicate the result on the slim chance that there is something there. "Journalist": FIRST ROOM TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR CONFIRMED!!!!! FREE ELECTRICITY AND MAGLEV TRAINS ALREADY ON THE WAY!!!

[@bill6255]

The "X" buzzing thing is so funny I had to re-watch it many times

[@Pyrolonn]

I remember I had my high school physics in 1987. This was the year the first high temperature super conductor was discovered. Teacher took us to the university to listen to a lecture about it. I always figured they'd get some use out of it besides the floating magnet but I guess NOT.

[@fikr1234]

I dropped out of studying physics after a couple of years, never completing my batchelor's... and these are the exact same things I pointed out when asked about LK-99! Literally all these sensational media outlets had to do was consult a first-year physics student to find out that this is awful science.

[@thedude4795]

You studied college level physics but can't spell bachelor?

[@whycantibefree]

Loving your content. Found one of your Musk videos and found myself binge watching all of your videos. Great stuff. Thank you

[@unironicallyironic6626]

oh my god finally someone reasonable is talking about this. i was so tired of all these clowns constantly saying "OH MY GOD GUYS THIS IS IT THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ITS ACTUALLY HAPPENING FOR REAL THIS TIME!!!!" thank you thunderfoot. its such a shame that you seem to be the only voice of reason in this website.

[@AnimeGIFfy]

internet has too many influencers hyping anything that is currently popular. we need a purge.

[@Broken_robot1986]

Asianometry also did a nice video cleaning up some of the wild claims thrown around a few days ago.

[@ouwebrood497]

I've seen some more being a voice of sanity in this hype. Can't remember who. Unfortunately clickbait is a thing, so 'free energy' and it's family members always get the most attention.

[@michaelbuckers]

They did actually measure conductivity. It has sharp spikes which is indicative of state transition. The material has extremely narrow current capacity band at 400K so that's basically its superconductivity limit.

[@thetimebinder]

Nope. At 400K, It has the same conductivity as copper. It's simple diamagnetism.

[@electric7487]

Why the fuck is this upvoted? Seriously.

[@8BitNaptime]

It's more of a broom temperature superconductor as it's swept into the trashbin of history

[@Chris.Davies]

Rule 1: There are no fusion breakthroughs. Rule 2: There are no battery breakthroughs. Rule 3: There are no superconductor breakthroughs. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada. One reason could potentially be that physics took a wrong turn around 1930, and we haven't made any real/fundamental progress since then.

[@Lunadoeslotsofstuff]

What about the transistor?

[@KirkHermary]

What is this wrong turn? What would you do differently that should have been done nearly 100 years ago?

[@Assywalker]

Man, you have to feel sooo smart typing that. Truly one of the statements of all time.

[@LordZordid]

Mostly, everything we expanded upon. Painstakingly! There are no shortcuts.

[@raiden72]

XD XD "no battery breakthroughs since 1930" Suuuuuuuuuuure, bud. 😂😂😂

[@matthew4497]

Thunderf00t/Phil, can you make a video about areas of research you're actually excited by the future prospects? Whether that be areas that have a lot of room for new discoveries, or potential applications, or is just plain interesting with no applications?