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Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

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Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So how it could be done in the past, I don't really know, but I don't want to say. It was impossible to do any other way because I don't think you can prove a negative.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

I think Ben threatened to bring some other samples for me to look at, the ones that were dirty, in his own words. And I'm excited about that, because I want to see what those contaminants are, what that sort of dirt. You know, I have a hypothesis too on how this could have been made, and I call it nuclear machining hypothesis.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

I think Ben threatened to bring some other samples for me to look at, the ones that were dirty, in his own words. And I'm excited about that, because I want to see what those contaminants are, what that sort of dirt. You know, I have a hypothesis too on how this could have been made, and I call it nuclear machining hypothesis.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

I think Ben threatened to bring some other samples for me to look at, the ones that were dirty, in his own words. And I'm excited about that, because I want to see what those contaminants are, what that sort of dirt. You know, I have a hypothesis too on how this could have been made, and I call it nuclear machining hypothesis.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So suppose we entertain an idea that there were advanced civilizations, you know, prior to ours. And I don't really understand why scientists don't like discussing this. Heck, you know, we're discussing aliens. You know, why not discuss other civilizations? You know, what is so taboo about it?

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So suppose we entertain an idea that there were advanced civilizations, you know, prior to ours. And I don't really understand why scientists don't like discussing this. Heck, you know, we're discussing aliens. You know, why not discuss other civilizations? You know, what is so taboo about it?

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So suppose we entertain an idea that there were advanced civilizations, you know, prior to ours. And I don't really understand why scientists don't like discussing this. Heck, you know, we're discussing aliens. You know, why not discuss other civilizations? You know, what is so taboo about it?

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But if there was an advanced civilization, why are we so certain that they were using the same machining tools as we are using now? Because, you know, we're using cutters and end mills and disks with, you know, diamonds or quartz crystals on them. But I'm thinking if... There was a really advanced civilization. They've been more clever about it. And nuclear science comes to mind.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But if there was an advanced civilization, why are we so certain that they were using the same machining tools as we are using now? Because, you know, we're using cutters and end mills and disks with, you know, diamonds or quartz crystals on them. But I'm thinking if... There was a really advanced civilization. They've been more clever about it. And nuclear science comes to mind.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But if there was an advanced civilization, why are we so certain that they were using the same machining tools as we are using now? Because, you know, we're using cutters and end mills and disks with, you know, diamonds or quartz crystals on them. But I'm thinking if... There was a really advanced civilization. They've been more clever about it. And nuclear science comes to mind.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And of course, because I'm a nuclear scientist, everything nuclear related is interesting. So I thought, you know, what if they used some radioisotopes to machine this? Particularly, you know, what is a radioisotope? Radioisotope is an element that emits high-energy particles. Be that, you know, gamma rays or x-rays, or some radioisotopes emit alpha particles or electrons.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And of course, because I'm a nuclear scientist, everything nuclear related is interesting. So I thought, you know, what if they used some radioisotopes to machine this? Particularly, you know, what is a radioisotope? Radioisotope is an element that emits high-energy particles. Be that, you know, gamma rays or x-rays, or some radioisotopes emit alpha particles or electrons.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And of course, because I'm a nuclear scientist, everything nuclear related is interesting. So I thought, you know, what if they used some radioisotopes to machine this? Particularly, you know, what is a radioisotope? Radioisotope is an element that emits high-energy particles. Be that, you know, gamma rays or x-rays, or some radioisotopes emit alpha particles or electrons.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And those particles travel at such a great speed that when they strike surface, they ablate it. And it's similar to ion beam machining that's used in microelectronics, nanoelectronics. So some electron microscopes come with ion beam tool, or you take your samples and you can direct that ion beam to shave layers off, and you can, you know, make a gouge, you can peel a layer.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And those particles travel at such a great speed that when they strike surface, they ablate it. And it's similar to ion beam machining that's used in microelectronics, nanoelectronics. So some electron microscopes come with ion beam tool, or you take your samples and you can direct that ion beam to shave layers off, and you can, you know, make a gouge, you can peel a layer.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And those particles travel at such a great speed that when they strike surface, they ablate it. And it's similar to ion beam machining that's used in microelectronics, nanoelectronics. So some electron microscopes come with ion beam tool, or you take your samples and you can direct that ion beam to shave layers off, and you can, you know, make a gouge, you can peel a layer.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So it's a very well-known machining technique. So why? Maybe this advanced civilization used something similar, except could have been an ion beam, or could have been, you know, just a beam of particles emitted by a radioisotope.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So it's a very well-known machining technique. So why? Maybe this advanced civilization used something similar, except could have been an ion beam, or could have been, you know, just a beam of particles emitted by a radioisotope.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So it's a very well-known machining technique. So why? Maybe this advanced civilization used something similar, except could have been an ion beam, or could have been, you know, just a beam of particles emitted by a radioisotope.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And then if you are that advanced, maybe you can synthesize enough of this in a radioisotope to where you can machine something not, you know, microscopic, but, you know, something that you can actually hold in your hand. And if that is the case, I should be able to find, you know, markers of it. And that's why, you know, I borrowed a couple of your vases and, you know, analyzed them.