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[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

wait how has noone thought of this?

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah I think there were some folks who thought about splitting the atom right? I forget who.

Anyway, now I am become wealth, buyer of worlds.

[-] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Step two is fiddly

This was the idea by alchemy. They thought you could change one element into another. Lead to gold and so forth, but not so easy in medieval Europe

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Yeah they didn't have tweezers back then

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

you can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You can make gold from hydrogen too! Just gotta put enough of it into one place so it forms a large star, then wait for it to go supernova.

[-] eating3645@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Step 2 is expensive :( tweezers ain't cheap!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] swab148@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Where am I gonna get a pygmy pony at this hour?

[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah but it would cost more and take an exorbitant amount of time (like billions of years) to produce anything of value, let alone profit.

[-] Fleur__@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They have they all died tho cos it makes hydrogen gas and the die and suffocate please like to spread awareness

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

just hold your breath ???

this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2023
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