TriplePlaid

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Splitting Hairs, Splitting Atoms⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It would not make a chain reaction because the nuclei of typical atoms are unlikely to split when irradiated (that is to say, hit by the pieces of the original atom that split) and will more likely ionize (have an electron knocked off) or transmute (turn into a different element by changing the number of protons).

  In nuclear weapons or reactors the uranium must be “enriched” because regular uranium atoms are too stable to sustain a fission reaction. We must have a high amount of rare uranium-235 (the easily splittable isotope) compared to U-238 (the more common stabler isotope) which is why uranium needs to be enriched. Most of the atoms in your salad are stable isotopes, so there will likely not be any cascading fission reactions even if your teeth were somehow able to trigger one (or even 1000) every single time you took a bite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shut up science!!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here is a review paper listing many peer reviewed sources relating to the circadian rhythm:

  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8800593/

  The circadian rhythm in mammals has a large body of scientific evidence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No excuses⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there is a big difference between “tough love” and unkindness. I don’t think being unkind is ever the best way to encourage someone to improve. Instead be “blunt” in communication/upfront with constructive criticism - which I see as a kindness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Been there⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was not a relief, however, to learn that the sun will expand to be so large as to fully encompass the earth’s orbit long before it does eventually explode… In only 5 billion years… Which apparently was a few billion less than 6 year old me planned on living for!