And today we call it transmutation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_transmutation
replyThat is true. What should we conclude from this statement?
replyThat you shouldn’t assume just because in the past ideas have existed that became reality, that all current ideas are feasible or possible?
replyI didn’t assume that. The author makes the opposite assumption: that because nobody has ever proposed a path to technological feasibility, that thing will forever be technologically unfeasible. I simply find this argument to be very weak.
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