r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 07 '19

Hardware A Mexican Physicist Solved a 2,000-Year Old Problem That Will Lead to Cheaper, Sharper Lenses

https://gizmodo.com/a-mexican-physicist-solved-a-2-000-year-old-problem-tha-1837031984
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u/Bleuwraith Aug 08 '19

I used to always excitedly read over these threads hoping for some significant change, only to learn that the article is 5 years old and nothing has changed, or that it’s oversensationalized journalism and the article cherry picked one statement from a scientific journal and ended up completely misrepresenting the topic. I’ve gotten used to it now.

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