Man Arrested For Trying to Split the Atom at Home
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Couldn't have put it better myself.CM156 said:
I'd rather call that guy a jackass, plain and simple XD
Gordon Ramsey called... you know why.eight bit hero said:
Someone needs to hire this man.
He's clearly got some skill if he's just screwing around with atom-splitting in his spare time. o-o
He's clearly got some skill if he's just screwing around with atom-splitting in his spare time. o-o
I'm inclined to see madness and genius as two sides of the same coin; in as much as they're both mental extremes far removed from common-or-garden thought processes. Also it's at least partly a matter of perception as to whether someone is labelled 'madman' or 'genius'. Depends on their intentions, the outcomes of their efforts and the field they apply themslves in. Mozart is frequently cited as a genius and he surely was but one wonders what a composer of music would have to do to be called a madman. Nuclear physics has ample potential for both - Albert Einstein is remembered as a genius among geniuses, while Edward Teller -for my money at least- leaves the impression of being a total headcase. With Rich Handl it sounds like a little from column A, a little from column B.
How do you get your hands on materials like that? It's not like you can go down to your local hardware store and ask to see their supply of Radium. Or is that possible in Sweden? Crazy Swedes...
"Reports that when the police broke down his door and shouted that 'mankind had yet to recognize his genius,' sicked a twelve foot tall Australian body guard on his pursuers, and retreated to an underground concrete bunker are unconfirmed."
considering how easy it is to get small amounts of this stuff, im having a hard time understanding why it is illegal to possess it, i mean if it was enough to refine into weapons grade stuf fine but it sounds like he had a cup or so for "baking" purpouses
lol that made me laugh. But I don't think that's why he was arrested xDorangeapples said:
Wow, good for this guy that he went and followed his dreams and inspirations... too bad they could potentially kill and/or harm himself and others. I do hope the police don't arrest him for too long, he should be let go and just monitored. Although it does seem pretty strange that (what may be) a normal civilian could get his hands on various chemicals and proceed to do some hardcore science in his kitchen. To elaborate, if he IS just a normal civilian, then I suppose he could be commended for his ability to gather such chemicals.
This guy is awesome! But really he shouldn't go to jail - a fine at most. This is stupid that he should be arrested like this.
If, by "a part of his street" you mean the part that is less than a nano-metre across, then you'd be right. But I also suspect that no-one would even notice.br1dg3 said:
An atom is essentually nothing, it couldn't destroy anything. Hell, a few grams of uranium, which would be billions upon billions of atoms, couldn't cause an explosion.
Nuclear explosions are extremely hard to achieve, even harder than meltdowns (which aren't the same thing) and those are pretty hard in themselves. The chance of this guy doing any damage to anyone was remote, especially as he wasn't intending to hurt anyone.
