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bonziniyesterday at 4:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

"The average person probably only knows the formulas for olivine and one or two feldspars" (https://xkcd.com/2501)


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moffkalastyesterday at 5:27 PM

And quartz of course.

robwwilliamsyesterday at 4:37 PM

Perfect! I read this “heart-warming” overview of two papers in Science and learned zero about why this is of any significance. The discovery is significant but I had to probe Opus 4.6 to find out why.

The personal focus is a distraction. It would be great if science writers could focus on the science and significance of the advance.

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