Programmable & Smart Matter
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Limitations of Cadams
Cadams are not a good way to be making something like a gun or kiln, because they won't have the same temperature and pressure tolerances some slab of regular matter is going to have. Another limitation on smalt matter is more conceptual we picture it is made of a single uniform cadam, one standardized, tiny object of which you have tons all working together. But regular atoms don come in just one type, nor does the catam equivalent for humans and other life forms,. The largest organism on the planet is a single fungi, a honey mushroom, spread over an entire forest area - probably thousands of years old too.
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