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They say hydrogen is an odorless colorless gas which, in sufficient quantities, given enough time, turns into people. I’m sure the same could be true of resistors.


Resistors are made of heavier elements though. And I remember something like everything wants to become iron (fuse if lighter, decay if heavier)

That said there might be enough energy (infinity!) for anything to be possible.


You get stable things heavier than iron, and they're more common than you'd expect. It's possible that they form in neutron star collisions, which are complete anarchy in atomic terms.


People are resistors too.


Just checked. Around 1.5Mohms today.


I resist that statement


Gee, I hope nobody ever puts you in charge of a train!


Well they can still be a conductor, even if they're not a resistor. Actually they'd be a pretty good conductor. A super-conductor, if you will.


So wait, if they resist the statement that they're a resistor, are they a resistor or not? I think they're a semiconductor. Maybe they work at a railway junction. :D




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