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minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoYeah, but what if the knife is really sharp?
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agoThe knife edge can’t be smaller than an atoms width, so still no.
minus-squareNoDignity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·30 days agoYou say that until someone pulls the classic prank of swapping all your mango atoms with uranium-235.
minus-squareZkhqrD5o@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoYeah and what if I squish the mango, thereby compressing the water and fusing the hydrogen into helium?
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-230 days agoUnless 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.