<story><title>To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is going to work</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/whats-left-for-the-webb-telescope-now-waggling-mirrors-turning-on-instruments/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>skybrian</author><text></text></item><item><author>fullstackchris</author><text>The successful launch (and subsequent deployment steps) that went of without a hitch restored my faith in humanity.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m so pumped to see what science and images the Webb produces.&lt;p&gt;Could 2022 be the year we find an exoplanet with conclusive biomarkers?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>munificent</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s a funny asymmetry I&amp;#x27;ve started noticing online:&lt;p&gt;* Whenever a person or group do something bad, the response is always, &amp;quot;Look how much humanity sucks.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;* Whenever a person or group does something good, the response is always, &amp;quot;Look how good &lt;i&gt;those particular people&lt;/i&gt; are.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Now, there is a positive explanation for this: It&amp;#x27;s good to give credit. When someone does something particularly good, it diminishes their act to say that it&amp;#x27;s just another example of humanity.&lt;p&gt;But at the same time, the aggregate effect of this bias is that always appears that humanity sucks with the rare exception of a few blessed individuals. But the opposite is much more likely to be true.</text></comment>
<story><title>To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is going to work</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/whats-left-for-the-webb-telescope-now-waggling-mirrors-turning-on-instruments/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>skybrian</author><text></text></item><item><author>fullstackchris</author><text>The successful launch (and subsequent deployment steps) that went of without a hitch restored my faith in humanity.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m so pumped to see what science and images the Webb produces.&lt;p&gt;Could 2022 be the year we find an exoplanet with conclusive biomarkers?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>stavros</author><text>Ah, you know, this is as much humanity&amp;#x27;s success as global warming is its failure. We built a world that can make both these things.</text></comment>