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Products => Crowd Funded Projects => Topic started by: josecamoessilva on February 19, 2017, 07:01:20 pm
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Via Thunderf00t's twitter, I saw a ridiculous article on Popular Science: "a machine that pulls water from thin air. literally." Yes, no capitalization on that title. Because they're special.
My response in graphic form:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5DFo3XUEAAdGW_.jpg)
I used to think "ok, it's their ignorance and their readers' " but in this case, any investment into this product is being diverted from projects that might actually work, in other words, this product is literally making it so that more people die and Popular Science is hyping it up.
Gahhhh!
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How embarrassing! :palm:
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This is the person responsible for the article, the assistant editor
http://www.sarahfecht.com/ (http://www.sarahfecht.com/)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-fecht-a729ab1a/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-fecht-a729ab1a/)
Not exactly under-qualified, you'd think sh'ed know better.
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I just wanted to say that the Corgi was a most satisfying salve for the otherwise painful arithmetic.
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I've called her out on twitter, lets she if she responds.
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I found it hard to find on twitter not knowing it's @PopSci
If you want to dissipate heat into cold ground, a minimum surface area bulb is the worst shape!
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Does anyone have a full scan of this article?
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I've called her out on twitter, lets she if she responds.
In my experience, science popularizers who aren't active research scientists, especially those who mostly work within traditional media, don't lower themselves to arguing with people on the interwebs who happen to know better than the popularizer what they're calling her on. But, like the man from Nantes said, we'll see. 8)
Cheers,
JCS
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when the fan blows the air down the pipe where should it go then? Magically escape in the soil? ???
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I've called her out on twitter, lets she if she responds.
In my experience, science popularizers who aren't active research scientists, especially those who mostly work within traditional media, don't lower themselves to arguing with people on the interwebs who happen to know better than the popularizer what they're calling her on. But, like the man from Nantes said, we'll see. 8)
Well, she hasn't replied to email or twitter. Meh, I'll be doing my video on this tomorrow anyway ;D
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Sad to see Popular Science make this mistake. Has anyone else noticed even Scientific American becoming fluff these days? I feel like there's a real lack of truly compelling science journalism. More and more it seems like the top comment on reddit is the best source of information on breaking stories, which is really sad.
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It is hard to take seriously anything that has "pop" in it, be it pop culture, pop science, pop corn , or Pope.
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Wow, just wow! Amazing how much money you can raise just based on bullshit! Imagine how much it would raise if it actually worked...
This is somewhat similar to the Steorn "Orbo" debacle. That zombie took 10 years and €20 million before finally being nailed into it's coffin. I really hope this gets killed sooner.
It's also very sad to see reputable names associated with it, and not telling people it is bullshit, but I guess no one wants to defend a lawsuit. I can understand UC Berkeley not being concerned, universities are basically like commercial operations nowadays. OTOH, the National Peace Corps Association is collaborating with this scam, when donations could go to genuinely good causes.
As for those at ViCi Labs...
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I think it's safe to say that Sarah Fecht this one up.