catsandcomposers:

“I proclaim: “If I drive at 100 km/h, I will kill twice as many children compared to when I drive only 50 km/h.” This is not true. I would kill way more than double of the children. You can try it for yourself – no wait, please don’t try this.”

— Astronomy professor, talking about how the correlation between temperature and amount of hydrogen atoms with sufficient kinetic energy for nuclear fusion isn’t linear (via scienceprofessorquotes)