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baby who has no exoskeleton. Thus, unlike connfigurations that have strong exoskeletonic magnetic fields, FRCs are most vulnerable at their birth. However, FRCs may be launched via mastery of the formation process, maintained by the control of macro-instabilities, and may become stronger with reduction in transport losses by a sequence of gradual achievements, with less and less risk once the beam is injected into it from the accelerator. This is similar to the wheels of a bicycle that get more and more stable as one pedals the bike harder. The FRC has an internal spine rather than an exoskeleton and its spine gets stronger as the beam becomes more robust.
2. We start with the “end in mind” and “engineer backwards”. The strategy here is to treat fusion plasma physics as an integral and inductive science, rather than to enter from the front entrance and to try to master each hurdle on the way. This way there is a better fit bewteen the structure and method of this scientific discipline. When we enter the world of fusion science at the gate, the path gets bifurcated and complicated every which way. We are better off to first assess the exit and then construct a strategy that allows us to reach such endgoal. In the case of fusion reactors, with few exceptions (such as TAE), almost all research institutes consider their target the DT fuel cycle as it requires the lowest fusion tempertaure. Professor Rostoker picked the high-threshold fuel of pB11 (with its far higher fusion temperature) by keeping the “end in mind”, as pB11 has three alpha particles as its primary reaction products, while the DT fuel produces copious energetic neutrons. This strategy of significantly reducing the down-stream engineering difficulties post having achieved the physics goals (even if the physics hurdles may become higher, of course) is consistent with the philosophy of “fail fast” in item 1.
3. In private research we need to ultimately achieve profits that match their investments. For this we must acquire the habit of passing by research that investigates tiny issues in favor of going straight to the fundamental problems. If we say so, this attitude of exactitude might sound like the attitude to just make money. I recently watched a Japanese TV program, which you might have, on “The Failures and Challenges of Financial Engineers (fintechers)” or something like that. It was introducing Dr. John Seo, who was a MIT-physicist-turned-Harvard-biologist-turned Leeman fintecher. He now dedicates himself to social activism by transferring his funds, acquired by his fintech profits, towards “social impact” investments (societal service entreprises). This was in reaction to his reflecting on the money capitalism that led to the Leeman shock. The “social impact”
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