Topoconductors Memes

Physics teachers everywhere are having a collective meltdown right now. For decades they've been teaching us about the four states of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma), only for Microsoft to waltz in and claim they've created a "new state of matter" with topoconductors. Meanwhile, plasma—the most abundant state of matter in the universe—is sitting in the corner like "Am I a joke to you?" The irony of a tech CEO "discovering" a fifth state while completely ignoring the fourth is peak corporate science communication. Next up: Microsoft discovers this amazing new celestial body called the sun!