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This guy sciences.

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I mean, no. That’s not enough energy to cause nuclear stuff. This guy tried sciencing, which I still respect in the context of a goofy scenario, I guess.

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The math actually says that we might quite possibly get nuclear stuff. I checked because at first I intuitively thought the same thing as you.

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Wouldn’t that mean opening an evacuated tube should produce a flash of radiation, and supersonic planes should absolutely glow? I’m skeptical.

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Your atoms now occupy the same space as the air atoms. How exactly is this not going to result in nuclear tomfoolery?

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That might do it, if they really land on top of each other. OP said it was air molecules colliding with each other in the shock, though.

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Depends on what teleportation technology we’re using. I think a lot of us assume that when you’re teleported you’re quickly assembled atom by atom and don’t simply instantly exist in a new location.

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Nah, just reads too much XKCD.

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