• Richard@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Isn’t that common knowledge? I don’t think that anyone seriously believes that splitting a single atom causes an explosion.

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      1 hour ago

      altr

      I mean I’m not saying that you’re an expert, but my us highschool education regarding nuclear fission was pretty handwavy, and won’t come up again in most careers

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        5 hours ago

        I’d wager they don’t even know what you mean by “splitting an atom” and wouldn’t give a rat’s ass whether it released any energy.