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Re:They're made out of meat (1991) by YetAnotherNick on Sunday July 03, 2022 @04:55AM (#31966218)
You should look into the context of other things that was pretty much discovered by luck. Becquerel found something weird with Uranium and Curie found few other materials with radioactive properties without having any sort of theories or prediction at that time.

The question is that if radioactive elements were not naturally present in Earth, would we have known they exist?

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Re:They're made out of meat (1991) by 411111111111111 on Sunday July 03, 2022 @05:24AM (#31966351)
That's true, and you can make an argument that we could theoretically find a new kind of substance which then sidesteps all physical limitations known to man. But that's in my opinion as convincing as saying we'll discover magic and go explore the metaverse with it.
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