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>Does the body make any elements? That wouldn't be possible unless the body somehow did nuclear fusion or fission.

• adrianN 10y ago
  With enough volume you might be able to harness cosmic rays.
  • mikeash 10y ago
    Standing next to an unshielded nuclear reactor should get you a bit of nucleosynthesis from all the neutrons. There is the unfortunate side effect of dying painfully, but everything has tradeoffs.
    • adrianN 10y ago
      At least you lose the weight?
• pavel_lishin 10y ago
  That reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2t%C3%A9_de_Foie_Gras_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2t%C3%A9_de_Foie_Gras_(s...