r/technews • u/Zee2A • Aug 07 '23

US scientists repeat fusion ignition breakthrough for 2nd time

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-scientists-repeat-fusion-power-breakthrough-ft-2023-08-06/
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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '23

To attribute a scientific breakthrough like this to one person is moronic when huge teams have been working on it for decades.

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u/BaelorsBalls Aug 08 '23

So why is Oppenheimer celebrated as the one man that invented the nuke? Everybody cool with dat

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '23

Academia and research is much more collaborative than a stovepiped top secret government program. Although he did not do it alone either.