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Serious Inquiries Only

SIO377: Did Scientists Really Invent A Room Temperature Superconductor?

Serious Inquiries Only

Thomas Smith

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Also what the hell is that? What would that mean for society? Is it even physically possible? Or is this all some sort of hoax? We've got Quantum Anne back for a third time to explain all this stuff to us and more! 

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Series Inquiries Only. This is episode 377. I'm your host Thomas

0:21.1

Smith and I'm excited for today's show. Let's see. Before we get to the topic, I was

0:27.1

recently on cognitive dissonance. Tom and Cecil, two of my faves from going way back

0:32.9

when from the beginning, they're great. Their show is great. Make sure you listen to cognitive

0:37.7

dissonance and if you want to hear a little guest spot from me, that's on the latest episode.

0:43.0

So check them out. So today's episode, you may have seen in the news possibly that a lab

0:47.6

out of South Korea claimed that they had produced a room temperature, superconductor. If

0:52.7

you're like me, you're wondering, oh, I kind of remember what that is, but not really. And

0:56.6

I also don't know, no, like how extreme a claim that is. Is that like cold fusion or is

1:01.2

that like, you know, is that like perpetual motion machine or is that, I don't know, a

1:06.0

reasonable thing that someone may discover. And so how exactly does that work? Has it

1:11.2

held up to scrutiny? Was it instantly debunked or not? All these questions are things that

1:17.1

I can't answer. So how about I bring on the expert quantum and back for I think the

1:21.0

third time? Well, for the three-peat, it's superconductors. What are they? Was this

1:25.7

one legitimately invented? What happens if it was? What would be good for if it was all

1:30.0

kinds of questions? Let's get on over to my interview with Anne. As a reminder, if you

1:34.0

want ad free shows, each and every episode go to patreon.com slash series pod. And of

1:38.6

course, the bonus monthly, seriously awful movies can't wait for another one of those.

1:44.0

Oh, that was fun. I know based on the patron comments, I think patrons enjoyed that

1:48.0

Armageddon one as much as I did as much as all of us did actually all four of us doing

1:51.9

ton of fun. Can't wait to do it again. So that said, let's get to the show. And we're once

1:57.3

again joined by secret government agent Anne. Normally I call you quantum Anne, but are you

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