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The Chinese government might have enough high-level nuclear waste to make self-warming clothing for the majority of the population. If they use high energy gamma emitters, people could actually warm up those around them as well - increasing overall thermal efficiency. What could go wrong?


At the Nuremberg trials after World War II, top nazi Hermann Goering testified that the war was necessary to strengthen the German people. This is because they believed the race evolution writings of Madam Helena Blavatsky in her books "The Secret Doctrine" where military conflict killed off the weak leaving the strong to reproduce - although of course, somehow none of that personally applied to the top nazi leaders themselves (cough cough)...


Oppenheimer invented the neutron ray gun.


... and the other eight were delicious.


The video I refer to shows the sea and some coastline, with the fireball far offshore. Good comment, but no.


I disagree - it seems logical to transport all of the earth's inhabitants to one side of the planet, and have them all push downwards at the same time.


wouldn't it be better to go to the other side and use a lunar pulley system?


From an energy efficiency standpoint, yes.


Would you please list some other things that you are not going to do?


A clone is an identical twin born decades later, similar to having a frozen IVF identical twin embryo thawed out and raised decades later (which is currently possible).


Please forgive my ignorance, but how does this reach the surface of the earth without causing some form of physical disaster?


Theoretically this could mean that children born in nudist colonies would have a reduced risk of learning disabilities, which would be amenable to statistical analysis.


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