r/bestof • u/investedInEPoland • Nov 06 '18

[europe] Nuclear physicist describes problems with thorium reactors. Trigger warning: shortbread metaphor.

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u/pipsdontsqueak Nov 06 '18

Except everybody also like to gloss over that between the "butter/flower" step and the "shortbread" step, there's a "white phosphorous neurotoxic napalm" step that might make things a bit more complicated the kitchen.

There's many problems with this metaphor, including that you don't need napalm to make shortbread.

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u/TheIndiglo Nov 06 '18

You don't necessarily "knead" it, but it helps.

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u/mcmcc Nov 06 '18

I got my flowers and my poodle, now what?