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57. Typical IN the box "thinking"

intaglio states
Not all actinides are nuclear fuels because the energy produced does not sustain a chain reaction.

We have here the perfect example of the difference in thinking modes between anti-nukes and others.

We typically laud the clever person that thinks OUT of the BOX.

In this case, we have a clear example of doing the opposite; which is IN the box thinking.

The question is how to destroy an actinide. One way would be to fission the actinide because then it will become two short-lived fission products instead of one long-lived actinide.

In order to fission the actinide, the actinide must have a non-zero fission cross-section; which they all do.

However, in the quoted sentence above; intaglio adds ..because the energy produced does not sustain a chain reaction

Intaglio has ADDED an UNNECESSARY CONSTRAINT. Not only must the actinide to be disposed of be fissionable; but this actinide has to be capable of SUSTAINING the chain reaction.

It is clear to any clever thinker that this constraint is UNNECESSARY because the job of sustaining the chain reaction can be handled by another material; such as Uranium-235 or Plutonium-239.

Hence intaglio has jumped INTO the box and he has boxed himself in. With the added UNNECESSARY constraint; there is no solution that also fulfills the UNNECESSARY constraint.

It like solving a system of simultaneous equations, and the person attempting the solution has added an incompatible constraint, and thus over-determined the system; and voided any solution.

The clever mathematician AVOIDS such self-induced FAILURE and thinks out of the box.

That seems to be a common thread with anti-nukes. They FAIL to avoid over-constraints that void all solutions.

That's why they FAIL. The scientists can see the solutions; but the anti-nukes have added self-defeating constraints.

This is why the scientists are clever and intelligent.

The good thing about science is that it is true, whether or not you believe in it.
--Neil deGrasse Tyson

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