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It's just a diamond, they are not very interesting unless you believe the TV commercials that tell you they are super important and special. Carbon is carbon.
by stopads 7y ago
It's just a diamond, they are not very interesting unless you believe the TV commercials that tell you they are super important and special. Carbon is carbon.
I'm just laughing at 800 MILLION YEAR OLD ROCK. Like you know how old all the rocks are right?
- joering2 7y agoClassic by now article a must read - “Diamonds are Bullshit”
- KajMagnus 7y agoHere that article was discussed at HN: (7 years ago, 1088 votes) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5403988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5403988
- bluedevil2k 7y agoUmm, yes, they do. They know what layer of rock it was found in and can uranium date the surrounding rocks.
- twodave 7y agoThey might, perhaps, be able to date how long it's spent on the Earth, while making wild assumptions about pre-historic conditions that we (by definition) weren't around to observe.
- strbean 7y agoI took it as "really, a rock that is old?!" rather than "they can't know that". But I might have misunderstood.
- ViViDboarder 7y agoHowever this article is about a particularly interesting diamond. Trees aren’t rare, but people travel to see particularly interesting trees and forests.
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