• Bags@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    It depends on which theorist you talk to. Some say seconds to minutes, others say days to weeks, the nutcases say thousands to millions of years.

    And at the end of the day, the electrical properties of these elements probably aren’t that interesting or useful, and almost certainly won’t be like, semiconductors or anything fun. Just dumb, heavy, really fucking radioactive wire lol.

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      As long as it could be thousands of years we can dream about fantastic new elements that could make arc reactors or interstellar travel possible.

      The more likely reality is a boring line of research of interest only to scientists