Comment by lenkite
1 month ago
Yes, it is possible. Have seen a few nerds who could solve Math Olympiad problems in a jiffy but had extreme trouble navigating government bureaucracy.
1 month ago
Yes, it is possible. Have seen a few nerds who could solve Math Olympiad problems in a jiffy but had extreme trouble navigating government bureaucracy.
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You should blame the Australian border force officials for being the true morons not this young man. He went ahead and ordered plutonium from a US-based science website openly with his real name and residential address - he didn't hide anything.
The most surprising thing to me is that it was actually delivered. Seems you can really buy anything from the internet.
> The most surprising thing to me is that it was actually delivered. Seems you can really buy anything from the internet.
Not surprising to me. Unrefined nuclear material really isn't particularly rare, or dangerous. You could create more havoc and terror with pool cleaning chemicals. And it's legitimately valuable for all sorts of purposes, including education and research.
It's not like we're talking about a giant green glowing rock that will generate a mushroom cloud if you drop it on a hard floor.
Hell, I've bought stuff from these guys: https://unitednuclear.com/radiation-and-nuclear-c-2/
I remember doing some radiation absorption experiment with some radioactive material in chemistry class in high school. I would be surprised to get to jail for ordering some milligram of plutonium.