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hunter

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6. "Everyone Was Wrong" is a clickbait title.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Tue May 9, 2023, 09:51 AM

May 2023

"Few people had thought much about it" would be more accurate.

The simplistic explanation for this kind of osmosis was good enough for the work most people were doing, just as Isaac Newton's laws of motion were good enough to get the Apollo astronauts to the moon and back.

Einstein didn't prove Newton "wrong," he refined the model.

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Everyone Was Wrong About Reverse Osmosis--Until Now [View all] BootinUp May 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Farmer-Rick May 2023 #1

This is a bit confusing Farmer-Rick May 2023 #2

what to clip is the question. nt BootinUp May 2023 #3

Yeah, I jumped before I read the article. Farmer-Rick May 2023 #4

Cool! ProfessorGAC May 2023 #5

"Everyone Was Wrong" is a clickbait title. hunter May 2023 #6

If the principles involved are misunderstood BootinUp May 2023 #7

I'm simply resisting the clickbait title, especially in a science forum. That's all. hunter May 2023 #8