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Nicholas Chia

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
308 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

So imagine like, you know, fusion is now forget fusion.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

We don't even need fusion anymore.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

We can just immediately turn mass into energy.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

All all energy problems in the world solved.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

So survival definitely... I mean, okay, so yes, absolutely.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

So there's a lot of extremophiles, right?

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

I'm going to throw some names out, right?

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

But there are organisms... Well, I'll try not to.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

But there are organisms that live...

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

and breed at 130 degrees Celsius, you know, deep under the sea.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

So it's super high pressure, super high temperature.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

There are organisms that eat radioactive waste.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

Fun fact, you think about radiation damaging the DNA.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

One trick those microbes have is that they shatter their DNA into thousands of pieces and reconstruct it at will.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

Right, right.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

I mean, there's some chemical and physical limits, right?

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

Why don't they just boil off or why don't they just burn?

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

But if you can accept that they can turn mass into energy and energy into mass, then you think if the sun has a lot of heat and light energy, they're converting it into mass is a way to think about that.

The Last Show with David Cooper
Could Star Eating Microbes Exist?

It's brilliant.