ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.eetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What scientific discovery, which could actually happen in the next 5 years, would have the most impact in our lives in you opinion?
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2 months agoHonestly? A major breakthrough in fusion, or to a lesser extent, any other clean energy. We’ve decarbonised a decent chunk of the world’s energy profile, but there’s a strong financial incentive that politicians are vulnerable to protecting oil and gas, slowing down further decarbonisation. Batteries and supercapacitors also could do the trick.
I personally think we’re on the slope of enlightenment - quantum computing no longer attracts as much hype as it used to, but in the background, there’s a lot of interesting developments that genuinely might be very important.