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prions sounds very much like ice-nine
by circlefavshape 5y ago
prions sounds very much like ice-nine
- Tsarbomb 5y agoThat is an excellent way of thinking about them. For anyone unfamiliar, OP is referring to the Kurt Vonnegut novel which has a fictional state of water (ice-nine) that immediately freezes all other water it comes into contact with into more ice-nine. Edit: I committed a sin and didn't mention the title: Cat's Cradle.
- choeger 5y agoThere must be some kind of counter-agent, or life as we know it would not exist.
- reubenswartz 5y agoThe counter-agent is that it's fictional. ;-) (We hope.)
- Koshkin 5y agoNot necessarily in a satirical science fiction.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoTo prion diseases? Mainly in that they're not that common, more like a weird aberration than something that actively fights and adapts for its own survival like bacteria and viruses. I mean cancer is not contagious, but it still kills millions a year.
- sudosysgen 5y agoSimilar to that is the concept of false vacuum.
- gilbetron 5y agoYou should read about strange matter/strangelets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangelet#Dangers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangelet#Dangers