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0 pointsjacquesm2y ago0 comments

> Why are't more labs outside China making LK-99 and publish videos?

some possibilities:

- they have not been able to conclusively replicate anything and don't want to publish a negative result for fear of someone else publishing a conclusive positive result later.

- they are more careful to publish something that they are not (yet?) 100% sure about

- they don't care so much about the whole 'science in the spotlight' thing and prefer to go the traditional route of publishing after peer review of one or more papers rather than to make YT videos and having to fend off a barrage of interaction

- fear of getting it wrong.

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senttoschool2y ago

To add to your list of possible reasons:

- There are way more STEM graduates in China by a wide margin

- 18/20 of top universities in the world for chemistry research is in China according to Nature, including one of the attempts by USTC (#2 ranking): https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-outputs/gene...

- Supply chain is faster in China for chemicals and materials

- China has more money/equipment for this sort of stuff

- China is on average, more pro-science than the rest of the world

jacquesmOP2y ago

Yes, good points though the money angle is debatable.

The USA and Europe are 'on average' also more pro-science than the rest of the world, but I think the East has the edge in education and comes across as more focused on progress. Probably this is underpinned in part because they have a ton of very hard problems that need solving and in the 'rich West' people are much less driven because their lives and the lives of their families are on average already quite plushy.

It makes you wonder what could happen in Africa and Latin America once they embrace education and science.

senttoschool2y ago

One difference I’ve found living in the West and China is that being academically successful often gets you made fun of in the US but adored in China.

There’s quite a lot of anti-intellectualism in the US. Therefore, there’s an equal amount of anti-science.

Meanwhile, every Chinese I’ve ever met is pro-education and thinks highly of science.

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0 pointsjacquesm2y ago0 comments

> Why are't more labs outside China making LK-99 and publish videos?

some possibilities:

- they have not been able to conclusively replicate anything and don't want to publish a negative result for fear of someone else publishing a conclusive positive result later.

- they are more careful to publish something that they are not (yet?) 100% sure about

- fear of getting it wrong.

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senttoschool2y ago

To add to your list of possible reasons:

- There are way more STEM graduates in China by a wide margin

- Supply chain is faster in China for chemicals and materials

- China has more money/equipment for this sort of stuff

- China is on average, more pro-science than the rest of the world

jacquesmOP2y ago

Yes, good points though the money angle is debatable.

It makes you wonder what could happen in Africa and Latin America once they embrace education and science.

senttoschool2y ago

One difference I’ve found living in the West and China is that being academically successful often gets you made fun of in the US but adored in China.

There’s quite a lot of anti-intellectualism in the US. Therefore, there’s an equal amount of anti-science.

Meanwhile, every Chinese I’ve ever met is pro-education and thinks highly of science.

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