The Sceptical Chymist: The devil is in the details...

The devil is in the details...

CNN is now covering David Leigh's molecular 'information ratchet' that was inspired by Maxwell's demon (which Katharine wrote about here yesterday)...

I do despair about the communication of science to the public when the story contains statements like this:

"His mechanism traps molecular-sized particles as they move. As Maxwell had predicted long ago, it does not need energy because it is powered by light."

Is there any hope!?

Stuart

Stuart Cantrill (Associate Editor, Nature Nanotechnology)

Posted by Stuart Cantrill on February 2, 2007 07:38 AM | Permalink

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I was about to apologize for us Americans but it looks like that story came from Reuters. We're waiting, England...

Posted by: Paul | February 2, 2007 10:04 AM

Ignorance is not a form of knowing things (unless embraced within a religious context).

Posted by: Uncle Al | February 2, 2007 12:49 PM

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