Comment by ozozozd
5 hours ago
“Self-sustaining reaction,” like the recursive self improvement?
Or perpetual machines?
Is physics no longer a main subject at schools?
5 hours ago
“Self-sustaining reaction,” like the recursive self improvement?
Or perpetual machines?
Is physics no longer a main subject at schools?
I assume the fear was an uninterrupted burn until the gas depletes, as in the Darvaza gas crater but atmosphere-wide.
A self-sustaining reaction is exactly what happens with the fissionable material inside the nuclear weapon[0]. It seems like you’re trying to be pedantic on terminology here, but if you’re saying that a self-sustaining reaction is as un-scientific as a perpetual motion machine, you’re simply incorrect.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_(status)