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minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 天前Yeah, but what if the knife is really sharp?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 天前The knife edge can’t be smaller than an atoms width, so still no.
minus-squareNoDignity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 天前You say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.
minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 天前Yeah and what if I squish the mango, thereby compressing the water and fusing the hydrogen into helium?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 天前Unless you refined the mango to the point that was homoatomic, the other non-hydrogen atoms would act as moderators and prevent fusion from occurring.
Yeah, but what if the knife is really sharp?
The knife edge can’t be smaller than an atoms width, so still no.
You say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.
Yeah and what if I squish the mango, thereby compressing the water and fusing the hydrogen into helium?
Unless you refined the mango to the point that was homoatomic, the other non-hydrogen atoms would act as moderators and prevent fusion from occurring.