> it's physically impossible for what should be obvious reasons. In our universe, it is impossible. In the universe of the book, if technology existed to unfo

> it's physically impossible for what should be obvious reasons. In our universe, it is impossible. In the universe of the book, if technology existed to unfold protons, those same protons could be woven into a long fibre, resulting in a material thinner and stronger than anything made from conventional atoms. Regardless of whether this is a sound argument, it remains purely fictional. =)