WEBVTT - Gabon's Ancient Nuclear Reactor(s)

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<v Speaker 1>From UFOs two, ghosts and government cover ups, histories writtled

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<v Speaker 1>with unexplained events. You can turn back now or learn

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff they don't want you to now. Hello, welcome

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<v Speaker 1>back to the show. My name is Matt and done Ben,

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<v Speaker 1>And right off the bat, by the way, it's stuff

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want you to know. You know that you

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<v Speaker 1>clicked on the thing. You're listening to it. Some people

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<v Speaker 1>have it on shuffle, you know what I mean? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>guess what this is stuff they don't want you to know.

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<v Speaker 1>And right off the bat, today we're going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about a thing that I got wrong, uh something that

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why I got it wrong, but I

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<v Speaker 1>was just thinking, I think I got it wrong. Uh No,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't. I don't know that you did. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was me because I just started rambling about it. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about A D and B C. And I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I did the old thing that I guess I learned

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<v Speaker 1>somehow in church. I don't know where I learned it,

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<v Speaker 1>but the whole before Christ after death thing. Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's not at all what it is. Oh okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we we know this. We heard your emails and tweets

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<v Speaker 1>and responses, and a lot of people were really courteous

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<v Speaker 1>about this. Uh. I think we just misspoke because it's

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<v Speaker 1>something that we we both knew, and when we're doing

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<v Speaker 1>a casual conversation playing with live fire, Uh, some things

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<v Speaker 1>can slip through. But Matt, go ahead and let us

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<v Speaker 1>know what it what it stands for. Well, it means

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<v Speaker 1>Anno domini, which is actually the year of our Lord

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<v Speaker 1>a D. When you when you use a D. So

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<v Speaker 1>my bad, you know, Matt, Honestly, I thought we would

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<v Speaker 1>get a lot more listener mail from people who are

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<v Speaker 1>angry at us because we were exploring the history of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible. It's even for having that conversation. But it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't turn out that way, at least not yet. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>in a year after it's been floating around, we'll get

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<v Speaker 1>some of that mail. Yeah, but thank you guys so

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<v Speaker 1>much for listening. And today we would like to start

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast with a story. In nine seventy two, an

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<v Speaker 1>employee at a French nuclear fuel processing plant notice something

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<v Speaker 1>weird about the uranium or he was working on. All

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<v Speaker 1>natural uranium contains three forms with different atomic masses. There's

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<v Speaker 1>you two thirty eight, you two thirty four, and you

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<v Speaker 1>two thirty five. Now, the last one is the most

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<v Speaker 1>desirable because this is the one that you can use

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<v Speaker 1>to sustain a nuclear reaction. And typically, you two thirty

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<v Speaker 1>five makes up only about point seven two percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the ore. But the sample of this guy is looking

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<v Speaker 1>at it had point seven one seven. Now it's a

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<v Speaker 1>small amount, a small difference. But this guy freaked out

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<v Speaker 1>because there's only one way that that can happen, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's through a nuclear reaction. So, uh, this poor guy,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, he as you said, he freaks out. He

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<v Speaker 1>lets the scientists know, you know, hey, where's this ore from?

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on? Because I think they have nuclear power,

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<v Speaker 1>uh somewhere, And the scientists trace this sample back to

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<v Speaker 1>a place called the Oaklow uranium deposit in the highlands

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<v Speaker 1>of Gabone or from part of the mind was way

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<v Speaker 1>way shorter of uranium two thirty five than it should

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<v Speaker 1>have been, As an article in Scientific American pointed out,

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<v Speaker 1>there were about two missing and that is important because

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<v Speaker 1>by way of measurement, that is enough to make about

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<v Speaker 1>a dozen nuclear bombs. Yeah, so what the f is

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<v Speaker 1>going on here? Ben? Yeah, that's what uh yeah, right right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the answer comes from much earlier prediction, and they found

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<v Speaker 1>as they were digging around in This happened in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>seventy two, right, they find the weird uranium. In nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>fifty three, these two guys, George weather Hill and the

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<v Speaker 1>co author Mark Ingram, argued that some uranium deposits might

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<v Speaker 1>have once been natural versions of nuclear reactors. That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>So what they what they postulated is that somehow a

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<v Speaker 1>stray neutron caused this You two thirty five to split,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it gave off more neutrons and it caused

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<v Speaker 1>this chain reaction. Yeah. That last part is from a

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<v Speaker 1>scientists named Paul Kuroda at the University of Arkansas. There

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<v Speaker 1>are a couple of conditions. He said, for this to occur,

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<v Speaker 1>the deposit has to be at least longer than two

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<v Speaker 1>thirds of a meter, which would be the length that

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<v Speaker 1>the neutron would travel. The second thing you need is

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<v Speaker 1>enough YOU two thirty five. Today, most of the concentrated

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<v Speaker 1>deposits can't become reactors because the You two thirty five

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<v Speaker 1>is just too low. The concentrations too low. And today

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<v Speaker 1>it's less than one percent in a deposit, but two

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<v Speaker 1>billion years ago it could have been around three percent, right.

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<v Speaker 1>And next you'll need a neutron moderator of some sort,

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<v Speaker 1>something that can slow the neutrons given off when a

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<v Speaker 1>nucleus splits and make them more likely to hit and

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<v Speaker 1>split other atoms. And the last thing is you have

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<v Speaker 1>to have no substantial amount of bore on lithium or

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<v Speaker 1>any other substances that would absorb the atoms and halt

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<v Speaker 1>the reaction. So this sounds like a lot of stuff

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<v Speaker 1>to have happened by chance, right, Yes, it turns out

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<v Speaker 1>this all I actually did just happen as far as

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<v Speaker 1>we can tell in gabone about two billion years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and not just once, but about sixteen times. So physicists

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<v Speaker 1>around the world studied this evidence. They looked at these

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<v Speaker 1>natural nuclear reactors, and they all came together to share

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<v Speaker 1>their work on this quote Oaklow phenomenon at a special

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy five conference in the capital of Kimbo. And

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<v Speaker 1>the fossil reactor wasn't just known for uranium that I'd

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<v Speaker 1>like to read quote from Scientific American When they were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to figure out how this could happen. Some of

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<v Speaker 1>the neutrons released during the fission of uranium two thirty

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<v Speaker 1>five were captured by the more abundant uranium two thirty eight,

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<v Speaker 1>which became uranium two thirty nine, and after admitting to electrons,

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<v Speaker 1>turned into plutonium to thirty nine. More than two tons

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<v Speaker 1>of this plutonium isotope were generated within the oakload deposit UH,

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<v Speaker 1>and the quote goes on, although almost all of this material,

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<v Speaker 1>which has a twenty four thousand year half life, has

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<v Speaker 1>since disappeared. Primarily they think through natural decay. Some of

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<v Speaker 1>the plutonium itself underwent fission as it tested by the

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<v Speaker 1>presence of its characteristic fission products. The abundance of those

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<v Speaker 1>lighter elements allowed scientists to deduce that fission reactions must

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<v Speaker 1>have gone on for hundreds of thousands of years. So

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<v Speaker 1>not only was this a natural nuclear reactor that just

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<v Speaker 1>sort of happened, but it also just sort of happened

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<v Speaker 1>for hundreds of thousands of years. From the amount of uranium,

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<v Speaker 1>they think that it released about fifteen thousand megawatt years overall,

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<v Speaker 1>So the average power output was a little disappointing, a

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<v Speaker 1>little less than a hundreds, but still that's enough to

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<v Speaker 1>run some toasters maybe, yeah, And two billion years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>toast was like the main thing man if you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have toast, then, who are you get out of here

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<v Speaker 1>before anybody? Before anybody finishes that email, we know that

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<v Speaker 1>there weren't toasters, Yeah, or as far as we know, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's get it safe. So they were able to do

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<v Speaker 1>some forensic work on this by analyzing zenon h, a

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<v Speaker 1>heavy inert gas, and this gas can stay imprisoned in

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<v Speaker 1>minerals for billions of years, and because it's rare, scientists

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<v Speaker 1>can use it to detect and trace these nuclear reactions,

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<v Speaker 1>even those that occur in primitive meteorites before the Solar

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<v Speaker 1>system happened. That's uh, hold on a second, calculating understanding. Nope, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so Ben, let's get to the meat at this seriously, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>how do this happened? Why? Why didn't when when it

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<v Speaker 1>became this more volatible version of uranium, why didn't it

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<v Speaker 1>just explode or decayed further? Yeah? Yeah, since we're family,

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<v Speaker 1>should I guess the best way to say it is,

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<v Speaker 1>why didn't the sleeve hit the fan? Yeah? And then

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<v Speaker 1>we get all the rest of the uranium up into

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<v Speaker 1>the fan and then just got yeah, all the change

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<v Speaker 1>fell out of its Yeah. Uh, that's a great question.

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<v Speaker 1>And from what we're seeing, at least everything we found

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<v Speaker 1>is that the oaklow reactors kind of regulated themselves in

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<v Speaker 1>a really neat way. The most likely candidate for this

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<v Speaker 1>regulation would be groundwater. So here's what they think happened.

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<v Speaker 1>They think that the nuclear chain reaction was happening and

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<v Speaker 1>there was water around to act. Is that neutron moderator

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<v Speaker 1>to slow the neutron so that they can continue the

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<v Speaker 1>reaction as the as the reactor or in the reaction

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<v Speaker 1>area maybe is a better way to say. It reached

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<v Speaker 1>the critical level or critical temperature, the water boiled away,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the chain reaction would have ceased and cooled off, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>to the point where water could come back, and then

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<v Speaker 1>it starts again. Oh, that's crazy. So it was functioning

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<v Speaker 1>as a nuclear reactor the way it the way we

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<v Speaker 1>use them now, by dipping the rods into the water

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<v Speaker 1>and then taking the rods out of the water and

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<v Speaker 1>causing the reaction. This is like, it's crazy, whoa man?

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<v Speaker 1>That's weird to think about that a natural process could

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<v Speaker 1>do the same thing that we spend hundreds and hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>of millions of dollars to produce. Yeah, it just happened,

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<v Speaker 1>and it but it did it over a long period

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<v Speaker 1>of time, and still that's that's mind boggling. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>when they're looking at the Oaklow reactor, they found that

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<v Speaker 1>it switched on for about thirty minutes then off for

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<v Speaker 1>at least two and a half hours. And they see

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<v Speaker 1>this in almost to all the deposits. So not only

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<v Speaker 1>is the groundwater going over it and accounting for the

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<v Speaker 1>self regulation, it protected these reactors from destruction. And in

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<v Speaker 1>this way it was really effective. Not only was it

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<v Speaker 1>not allowing any kind of melt down or explosion during

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<v Speaker 1>these kinds of years, but it was just regulating the

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<v Speaker 1>thing to an extent where you have this beautiful chain

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<v Speaker 1>reaction that they can now see. And here's another weird

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<v Speaker 1>thing that just happened. It stored nuclear waste really well.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's something that humans still haven't really cracked

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<v Speaker 1>the code on. There are some amazing ideas as a

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<v Speaker 1>matter of fact, about how to warn future civilizations, not

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily humans, to stay away from nuclear waste, trying to

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<v Speaker 1>come up with a universal sign that anyone from any

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<v Speaker 1>time would be able to go okay, I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>near there. Yeah, it's crazy when you think about that.

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<v Speaker 1>If the human race were to just die. Uh, something

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<v Speaker 1>happens only only a few enclaves of people are a

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<v Speaker 1>lot alive for a while, and then by a few

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<v Speaker 1>under years they've dwindled and like the last person dies. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And then buildings crumble, great stone monuments also crumble. The

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<v Speaker 1>season and the forest take over the cities, and eventually

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<v Speaker 1>the only thing that an alien civilization would see there

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<v Speaker 1>was a sign we were there would be nuclear waste,

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<v Speaker 1>which is totally like because it would be anomalous in

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<v Speaker 1>the natural settings. They would they would find the Oaklow.

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<v Speaker 1>It would it would be like stumbling upon that of

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<v Speaker 1>their own, our version of the oaklow reactors. Just now

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<v Speaker 1>they're in these weird deposits. Why is all this ranium

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<v Speaker 1>and plutonium over here? Yeah, And that's that's a that's

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<v Speaker 1>a weird thing. Because although we have not cracked the code,

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<v Speaker 1>we being the human species, not you and I'm at um,

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<v Speaker 1>we do know that this proves a tremendously efficient nuclear reactor,

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<v Speaker 1>if not a tremendously powerful one. And that's where we

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<v Speaker 1>go to the crazy stuff. Because we have been saying

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<v Speaker 1>for the entirety of this podcast, and all of that

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<v Speaker 1>just happened or didn't. Oh, don't, don't doom. So here's

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<v Speaker 1>the deal. Uh. We talked about this in the vlog

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<v Speaker 1>when we were covering this, and in the vlog we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about how they buried the lead and when these

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<v Speaker 1>scientific American articles and they said, um, well, what maybe

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<v Speaker 1>we should just do the quote. Okay, here's the quote.

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<v Speaker 1>The oaklow reactors may teach scientists about possible shifts in

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<v Speaker 1>what was formerly thought to be a fundamental physical constant,

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<v Speaker 1>one called alpha, which controls such universal qualities as the

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<v Speaker 1>speed of light. Boom, I. I I can't think of an

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<v Speaker 1>appropriate sound effect. Maybe our superproducer Noel has one. H Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it. That's the perfect one, because that is mind blowing,

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<v Speaker 1>the idea that all of these constants we perceive in

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<v Speaker 1>the universe may not be as constant as we think.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, do they change if you're in another neighborhood

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<v Speaker 1>of reality? It's possible. But we have to remember this

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<v Speaker 1>is one one version, one one subject, one time that

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<v Speaker 1>we're noticing that this constant isn't the same, right, right yep.

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<v Speaker 1>So any of you out there, you know, shrugging and

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<v Speaker 1>going oh god, they don't understand the just note that

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<v Speaker 1>we we do understand that this is one instance of

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<v Speaker 1>a constant that seems to not be the same right

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<v Speaker 1>speed of light. It just sounds so emo. Now they

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<v Speaker 1>just don't understand the speed of light. Um, yeah, it's true,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's it's a really good observation because what we're

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<v Speaker 1>finding is, uh is bizarre because we know that now

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<v Speaker 1>a reaction like this probably wouldn't occur in the wild.

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<v Speaker 1>There's simply not enough uranium in those deposits. So well,

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<v Speaker 1>how how did it work differently? Was there just more

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<v Speaker 1>you two thirty five in these deposits? Did it somehow

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<v Speaker 1>take less of it? Did nuclear reactions I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>worked differently. What we're seeing is that the fundamental concepts

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<v Speaker 1>of the glue binding the spine of the universe into

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<v Speaker 1>a book may just be non existent or as you said,

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<v Speaker 1>just in our neighborhood or Ben, here's the best theory.

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<v Speaker 1>What if this is a sign of ancient technology. What

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<v Speaker 1>if this was made this way? What if what if

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<v Speaker 1>aliens or what if we're the aliens who found the

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<v Speaker 1>nuclear waste? You know, are we a butterfly having a dream,

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<v Speaker 1>et cetera? Right, Yeah, yeah, I can't remember. I'm kidding,

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<v Speaker 1>We do remember the whole quote, but but it is

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<v Speaker 1>a nice way to flip the perspective. So, yeah, what

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<v Speaker 1>it was somehow made. Here's the deal. If it was

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<v Speaker 1>made by people, and if ancient history is remotely true,

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<v Speaker 1>then uh, people would have to be around way longer

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<v Speaker 1>than we thought. It's if this thing really is two

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<v Speaker 1>billion years old, then there's no one we know of

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<v Speaker 1>who would be capable of doing that. People weren't around,

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<v Speaker 1>We were just a twinkle in the Universe's I unless

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<v Speaker 1>it's been so long since the previous iteration of intelligence

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<v Speaker 1>on this planet, Ben that we didn't find anything, like

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<v Speaker 1>you said, but the uranium deposit, which is weird because

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<v Speaker 1>that from what we know about the formation of the Earth. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>whomever was surviving, right, who would be intelligent enough to

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<v Speaker 1>create a nuclear reaction? They had to be some hard

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<v Speaker 1>cases because Earth was a brutal place and billions of

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. I just I don't know. We we received

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<v Speaker 1>some interesting letters from people before about doing an ancient

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<v Speaker 1>technology podcast, and we know that a lot of the

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<v Speaker 1>skeptical folks listening to the audience will roll their eyes

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<v Speaker 1>and say this is not worth it. But newsflash, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there there really has been ancient lost technology that was rediscovered, right. No. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you can look at the anti Cathera mechanism. We we

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<v Speaker 1>talked about that before in a video podcast a long

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<v Speaker 1>time ago. Yeah, I'd love to do an audio show

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<v Speaker 1>about that. Then you even got the Greek fire right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that is uh that was a weapon that the Greeks

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<v Speaker 1>would use and the secret of making this was lost

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<v Speaker 1>for a very long time. That's not the only example,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, we can have an entire other show about

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<v Speaker 1>historical or archaeological and achronisms, you know, things out of time, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Baghdad batteries, which I think was used for silver plating,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not sure. We'll wait for it, sorry, matt um.

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<v Speaker 1>So we want to know what you think. Now we've

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<v Speaker 1>gotten we've gotten some great letters about especially in uh

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<v Speaker 1>South Asia areas, Pakistan, uh Bangladesh, India. We've gotten letters

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<v Speaker 1>about various descriptions of what maybe ancient technology, and we

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<v Speaker 1>know that historically India is a powerhouse of um brilliant innovations.

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<v Speaker 1>You know a lot of If you're not familiar with

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<v Speaker 1>some of the history of inventions and concepts that come

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<v Speaker 1>from South Asia, then you know taking afternoon off. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>your Bossory, and I'll learn about the world. Yeah. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't everybody get a day off to learn about the

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<v Speaker 1>world at least the day. And we'd like to know

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<v Speaker 1>your suggestions of what sort of ancient technology we should

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<v Speaker 1>look at, and if you think it is possibly tell

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<v Speaker 1>us this. Uh. Do you think it is possible that

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<v Speaker 1>being that humanity as we know it has gotten the

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<v Speaker 1>entire story of history? Wrong? Uh? And when I when

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<v Speaker 1>I say that, what I mean is, do you think

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<v Speaker 1>it's possible that there could have been some other civilization

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<v Speaker 1>that was responsible for um, nuclear reactors? Because it looks

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<v Speaker 1>like everything we see, it looks like these just happened

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<v Speaker 1>as ridiculously weird as that sounds, and if you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be explained perfectly, but they've been explained adequately at

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<v Speaker 1>least for me. Yeah. Yeah, it seems like just the

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<v Speaker 1>lottery of strange coincidences and just right moments, unless that

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<v Speaker 1>is somehow an intelligent force made them. But then the

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<v Speaker 1>question would be why haven't we seen any thing else?

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<v Speaker 1>Because you know, Ben, I hear that there are no coincidences,

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<v Speaker 1>at least that's what I hear. I got a fortune

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<v Speaker 1>cookie that said that one time that was a weird

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<v Speaker 1>moment in my life. So I was like, oh, this

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<v Speaker 1>is also not a coincidence. Yeah, you ever have them,

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<v Speaker 1>those days where everything seems laden with meaning and symbolic

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<v Speaker 1>and stuff all the time. It happens to me when

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