Cloud seeding is like alchemy but better
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Why we should use ~pseudoscientific~ magic to make water abundant
There is an arcane, almost magical, field of science concerned with transforming useless materials into life-giving riches. Knowledge of the field has been lost to the ages, but there are whispers that it is still practiced by rogues at the ends of the Earth. Is this a description of alchemy or cloud seeding? Both. The primary aspect of alchemy is the conversion of lesser materials into greater, more perfect, and more valuable ones. For example, an alchemist might try to transmute lead into gold. Or, a more experienced alchemist, might try to make a potion of eternal life out of various…
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