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		pishpash on Aug 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lithium morphology discovery could lead to safer l... "It was surprising for us to discover that when we prevented surface corrosion, instead of these ill-defined shapes, we saw a singular polyhedron that matches theoretical predictions based on the metal's crystal structure." Why is it surprising that it matches theoretical predictions? So people knew the true shape of lithium in the first place.

lazide on Aug 8, 2023 [–]

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice they are (usually) not.

And there are lots of theories, often incompatible.

It’s nice when one of them actually pans out and has positive benefits, as it helps show a potentially useful direction to continue in.

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