Given their motivation, which is to promote the movie and the book, I'm skeptical that this is a real discovery and not just something visualized that was previously in a mathematical form.
If this is a real breakthrough, then where is the paper?
If this is a real breakthrough, then where is the paper?
I guess the end result is still better than most movies, a paper, and some science promotion for the general public.
And in a perfect world, wouldn't it be great if science was profitable?
No, that would make it vulnerable to abuse, look at what happened to lawyering, college fees, private health care. Capitalizing it only makes it worse. Science shouldn't be influenced by money. Imagine if it were, and compare it to politics. Do you want scientists to make decisions while funded under young earth creationists or big oil?