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Everybody else was doing it, but I sorta missed out. Ergo, ask me anything and I will answer!

Could you burn diamonds like charcoal to fire up a grill, and how much would it cost to cook a steak to well-done that way?

Neuroscience, if I remember correctly, right?

How's grad school? Have you reached the "self-loathing/what am I doing this for" stage yet?

How do you take your coffee?

figmentPez said:

Could you burn diamonds like charcoal to fire up a grill, and how much would it cost to cook a steak to well-done that way?

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Not like charcoal, but you can easily incinerate a diamond with a handheld torch.

figmentPez said:

Could you burn diamonds like charcoal to fire up a grill, and how much would it cost to cook a steak to well-done that way?

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So the ignition point of diamonds is around 800-1000 C (about ten times the boiling point of water). At that point the steak would be flash-fried, sooooo...probably not that expensive since you could just skip the whole "diamond" part of that equation. (And who doesn't like instant steak?)

MindDetective said:

Neuroscience, if I remember correctly, right?

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Yep, neuroscience (specifically, cellular and molecular neuroscience).

drawn_inward said:

How's grad school? Have you reached the "self-loathing/what am I doing this for" stage yet?

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I have not. I've reached the "WHY THE F**K ISN'T THIS SONOFAB*TCHING EXPERIMENT WORKING" stage many times, but I still love science, love the process, and think it's the most amazing thing in the world when I learn something that no one else in the world knows.

Chad Sexington said:

How do you take your coffee?

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With vanilla creamer and a bunch of chocolate powder. Alternately, black with lots of sugar. (I refer to coffee as "Science Fuel.")

How many atomic super monsters have you attempted to create? And do you have a suitable Angry Dome available for those times when those crimes against nature just don't quite work out?

How long before you inevitably turn evil and try to conquer the world?