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burnt-resistortoday at 4:18 AM1 replyview on HN

I saw this days ago. The problem is validating strength and integrity over time. That sort of long-term follow-up and scientific, repeatable destructive testing doesn't fit into a short video. Evangelizing unproven construction methods and materials is reckless without context and nuance.

When an office building was built in any earthquake-prone area that housed a nuclear engineering consultancy I worked in for several years, multiple test specimens of concrete were poured and kept for later testing and evaluation, and extra ones were kept should there ever be a question about the concrete's quality in the future.


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victorbjorklundtoday at 7:12 AM

There are tests that can be run to find those things out and that will hopefully be done.