Comments by "Kevin Street" (@Kevin_Street) on "2023 Biggest Breakthroughs in Science - Tier List" video.

  1. This video is so cool! Thank you for making it. Out of all of them, large language models are the most terrifying new breakthrough, and that's certainly big in its way. The three medical breakthroughs are probably the most helpful in terms of saving lives and making life better for people. And other things like the ion engine, making oxygen on Mars and the discoveries of the James Webb telescope are extremely awesome. But for me, the discovery of background gravitational waves is probably the coolest breakthrough. The competition is tough, but that idea of using pulsars to determine how far Earth has shifted is just amazing.
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  2. It's real-life evidence that confirms Einstein's theory of General Relativity. Also, these waves are incredibly faint signals sent by objects (probably huge black holes orbiting each other) that are very far away. By measuring the waves, scientists are learning something about the universe that we couldn't otherwise perceive.
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